Environmental, Public Interest Groups Seek Stricter EPA Lead Regulation

September 9, 2020
Environmental and public interest groups are using meetings with White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) and EPA officials to reiterate their push for the agency to tighten its pending revisions to the lead and copper drinking water rule, including seeking quicker replacement of lead pipes and a new analysis of the rule’s benefits. The push comes as the Trump administration has said it plans to issue the revised lead and copper rule (LCR) in September. OMB has been...


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