Lead and Copper Rule: Implementation

EPA has completed minor revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). All community water systems and non-transient non-community water systems are potentially affected, as well as the state staff who are responsible for implementing the LCR. The changes fall into seven broad categories: demonstration of optimal corrosion control, lead service line replacement requirements, public education requirements, monitoring requirements, analytical methods, reporting and record keeping requirements, and special primacy considerations.

Fact Sheets

• for Public water systems that serve more than 50,000 persons (PDF file)
  (EPA 816-F-00-009 / February 2001)
• for Public water systems that serve 3301-50000 persons (PDF file)
  (EPA 816-F-00-008 / February 2001)
• for Public water systems that serve 3300 or fewer persons (PDF file)
  (EPA 816-F-00-007 / March 2000)
• for Tribal water system owners and operators (PDF file)
  (EPA 816-F-00-010 / February 2001)
• for State Primacy Agencies (PDF file)
  (EPA 816-F-00-011 / February 2001)

Technical Guidances

• Lead and Copper Monitoring and Reporting Guidance for Public Water Systems, (EPA 816-R-02-009 February 2002) (PDF File)
• How to Determine Compliance with Optimal Water Quality Parameters as Revised by the Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions - for States (PDF file)
  (EPA 815-R-99-019, Feburary 2001)
• Lead and Copper Rule: Summary of Revisions (PDF file) (EPA 815-R-99-020 / April 2000)
• Monitoring Waivers Under the Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions for Systems Serving 3,300 or Fewer People (PDF file) (EPA 815-R-99-021 / April 2000)
• Notification and Reporting Requirements for Partial Lead and Service Line Replacement under the Lead and Copper Rule (PDF file) (EPA 815-R-99-022 / April 2000)

• Other lead and copper related publications

State Implementation Guide

• Final State Implementation Guidance (PDF file) (EPA 816-R-01-021, October 2001) Introduction ~ Rule Requirements ~ Violation Determination, SDWIS Reporting and SNC Definitions ~ State Primacy Revision Application for the LCRMR ~ Other Resources and Guidance
• Appendices (PDF files): A: The Lead and Copper Rule Revisions compared to the 1991 Rule~ B: Reporting Guidance~ C:SDWIS Flow Charts ~ D: Implementation Agreement ~ E: Sample Memorandum of Agreement ~ F: Audit Principles
• Primacy revision crosswalk (Word Perfect file)

Training Materials

Slide show describing the revisions: PDF file ~ PowerPoint file

Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions

Fact sheet
Final rule-- 65 FR 1949, January 12, 2000
(read online in HTML) (PDF version)

Background on lead and copper rule-making efforts

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