New Lead & Copper Rule
March 12, 2021 (update)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to delay until December 16, 2021, the effective date of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), which was published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2021.
The delay will allow sufficient time for EPA to complete its review of the rule in accordance with those directives and conduct important consultations with affected parties.
EPA is also proposing to delay the January 16, 2024, compliance date established in the LCRR to September 16, 2024.
The proposed delay in the compliance date of the LCRR ensures that any delay in the effective date will not reduce the time provided for drinking water systems and primacy states to take actions needed to assure compliance with the LCRR.
January 20, 2021
The new Trump Lead and Copper Rule was published in the Federal Register on Jan. 15, with an effective date of March 16.
A memo from Biden chief of staff Ron Klain puts a ‘freeze’ on all pending regulations that had not yet gone into effect.
See the Water/Lead and Copper Rule/LCR News page for more information.