Tougher Lead Rules Face Uncertain Future Under Trump Administration

EPA is set to publish its final rule tightening dust-lead hazard and abatement levels, just weeks after enacting the long-awaited drinking water Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), well within a window where the incoming Trump administration could scrap or rewrite them -- though a source says that would be at odds with the first Trump term’s approach to the issue. A formal version of the agency’s dust-lead rule is slated for publication in the Nov. 12 Federal Register...