Highlights of the proposals:
- MI to have toughest lead testing rules in nation (go beyond EPA)
- Utilities required to test all schools, daycares, nursing homes, etc
- MI move to limit of 10 ppb by 2020
- Water systems have 2 days instead of 30 to tell individual customers that lead levels exceed action level
- Annual testing instead of every 3 years
- Systems required to fully replace old(?) pipes within 10 years
- Partial replacement of service line would be prohibited
- The workgroup “purposely did not take funding into account”