Republicans move to repeal lead limits imposed by Biden-era rules. US government would be prohibited from ever mandating lead pipe replacement or lowering lead limits in water.
Republicans in Congress and the Trump administration are attempting to repeal the Biden administration’s groundbreaking rules that require all the country’s lead pipes to be replaced over the next 13 years and lower the limit on lead in water.
Environmentalists expressed alarm about the moves, which, if successful, would in effect prohibit the government from ever requiring lead line replacement in the future, or lowering lead limits.
The Trump administration is also working to kill a recently implemented ban on TCE, a compound that is among the most toxic and common water pollutants, and particularly a risk on military bases.
Both rules are being targeted via the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which gives Congress and incoming administrations 60 legislative days to consider undoing any last-minute rules implemented by a previous administration. Already, Republican legislators have introduced resolutions for each rule that are the first step in CRA repeals.
By way of The Guardian