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EPA Final Rules to Reduce Lead Exposure: Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, Lead-Based Paint Dust Standards

A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A

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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

1:00pm-2:30pm EST, 10:00am-11:30am PST

Early Registration Discount Deadline, Friday, December 20, 2024

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This CLE webinar will guide counsel through the two rules recently issued by the EPA to reduce exposure to lead in homes and drinking water. The panel will discuss the impacts of the rules on affected entities such as water systems, property owners, childcare facilities, and landlords.

Description

The EPA recently finalized two critical rules aimed at mitigating lead exposure risks. These rules introduce stringent measures to reduce lead exposure from paint and drinking water, with implications for property owners, public water systems, and counsel.

The first of these rules, the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI), issued on Oct. 8, 2024, requires the full replacement of lead service lines within the next 10 years and sets forth stricter testing and communication protocols for public water systems.

The second rule, issued on Oct. 24, 2024, tightens the standards for lead paint dust in homes and childcare facilities built before 1978, significantly lowering the allowable levels of lead dust to better protect vulnerable groups, particularly children.

Counsel need to understand the legal and practical implications of these new regulations, as well as implementation challenges and compliance strategies.

Listen as our expert panel guides practitioners through the new rules to mitigate lead exposure, discusses the likelihood of revisions to the rules by the incoming presidential administration, and provides best practices for legal counsel advising clients affected by these rules.

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Outline

  1. Introduction: history and context
    1. Lead exposure risks and previous regulations
    2. A Community Voice v. U.S. EPA
    3. EPA's regulatory approach and recent updates
  2. LCRI
    1. Overview and objectives
    2. Key components
    3. Implementation and enforcement
  3. Lead-based paint dust rule
    1. Key provisions and changes in the rule
    2. Impact on property owners and childcare facilities
    3. Compliance requirements and timelines
  4. Compliance strategies and best practices
    1. Reporting and recordkeeping
    2. Advising clients on risk management and mitigation
  5. Other legal considerations
    1. Interplay with state and local laws
    2. Likelihood of changes by incoming presidential administration
    3. Potential for legal challenges

Benefits

The panel will discuss these and other key issues:

  • What are the financial hurdles to implementation of the LCRI?
  • What suitable alternatives exist to lead service lines?
  • What does the lead-based paint dust rule require property owners and residents to do?

Faculty

Nesteroff, Michael
Michael A. Nesteroff

Shareholder
Lane Powell

 Mr. Nesteroff is a preeminent environmental lawyer with extensive experience representing clients in...  |  Read More

Additional faculty
to be announced.
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