AG Anthony G. Brown has joined a multistate coalition in filing a motion to intervene in American Water Works Association v. EPA, Case No. 24-1376 (D.C. Cir.) to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2024 Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). The LCRI, which went into effect on December 30, 2024, replaced the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) of 2021, which set weaker drinking water standards and failed to protect the public from lead in drinking water, a major source of lead exposure. The 2024 LCRI implemented stronger standards to ensure safe drinking water, most importantly requiring the replacement of millions of lead pipes nationwide within 10 years. The LCRI is being challenged by the American Water Works Association.

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