Overview
With the landscape of the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) being in such a state of change, MRWA has created this dedicated webpage to share the most up-to-date information available. The content of this webpage will change as new information becomes available. The posts below are posted in the order they are posted (ie: newest posts are on top, older posts are below.)
Our goal is to be your go-to resource for accurate and up-to-date information.
Lead and Copper Rule Revision Requirement - 30-Day Customer Notification of Service Line Material August 15, 2024
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources – Public Drinking Water Branch (department) would like to remind you that there are several new requirements of the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) that will be going into effect very soon. These include, but are not limited to, the requirement to have developed and submitted to the department a Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) for your system on or before October 16, 2024, the LCRR compliance date, and the requirement to provide notification to your customers of the service line materials serving their connections within 30 days of submitting the inventory. The focus of this message is to provide additional information, specifically regarding the 30-day customer notification requirement, and the resources available to help assist you with meeting that requirement.
The LCRR will require public water systems to perform notice to their customers regarding their specific service line material within 30 days after submittal of the LSLI to the department. Notification will be required for service lines that are lead, galvanized requiring replacement (GRR), and lead status unknown. Systems are encouraged to perform this notification early if the LSLI is submitted to the department prior to the October deadline. Regardless of the LSLI submittal date however, these customer notifications must be completed by no later than November 15, 2024. In turn, we are asking water systems to send in their certification by December 15, 2024, indicating the customer notifications have been performed.
If your system has a large population of non-English speaking consumers, you are also required to provide a translated version of the notice upon request. To assist systems with this notification requirement, the department developed a customer notification template. The template was made available on our webpage in June of this year. It includes language at the bottom with messaging in the five most common non-English speaking languages in Missouri (Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, and Serbo-Croatian) indicating how to request a translated version of the letter. Additionally, the department has developed translated versions of the notification template in these same five languages which are now available on our webpage. These letters can be downloaded for your use.
The department would like to thank you for your efforts to comply with these new requirements, and we hope you will find this reminder and the resources developed to assist you useful. Please contact us if you have any questions about this requirement or any other requirements of the LCRR. For inventory assistance, LSLI submittal information or for questions about reporting requirements, please contact Austen Dudenhoeffer at (573)751-6171, [email protected], Ryan Talken at (573) 522-1979, [email protected], or Jeff Pinson at (573) 751-1406, [email protected].
Need to Know's vs. What You've Heard's - Jim Patton and Austen Dudehoeffer have a "sit-down" conversation with a ZOOM audience May 21, 2024
List of Contractors who provide Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) services March 27, 2024
Below is a list of MRWA Associate Members who may assist DNR grant recipients in their efforts to procure a contractor to complete a lead service line inventory.
This list is not comprehensive. All grant recipients are encouraged to contact other potential providers to ensure fair and open competition throughout the solicitation process.
MoDNR Lead Service Line Inventory Based on Federal LCRR & LCRI- March 18, 2024
Click HERE for pdf version of the presentation given by Austen Dudenhoeffer at the 2024 MRWA Annual Conference.
Updated LSLI webpage and Revised weblinks for the Lead Service Line Inventory Spreadsheets- January 8, 2024
The MoDNR has an updated Lead Service Line Inventory webpage with lots of information including:
SRF Water Funding Webinar Presentations- July 25, 2023
If you joined us for the SRF Water Funding webinar on July 25, 2023, you’ve seen the listed presentations. For those wanting to have the information provided in the presentations given by MRWA EPA T/TA Circuit Rider Jim Patton and MRWA Management Circuit Rider Liz Grove, you may download by clicking the links below:
Using DiamondMaps for your Lead Service Line Inventory - April 27, 2023
DiamondMaps has a 4-part video series showing new features that can help systems record their inventory and generate reports with data that can be transferred to the MoDNR LSLI spreadsheet. Click the images below to go to the videos. (The longest of the 4 is less than 5-minutes.)
MoDNR Lead Service Line Inventory Information - April 26, 2023
Below is an informational pdf from MoDNR based on Federal LCRR Guidance.
Lead Inventory Customer Form Template - December 14, 2022
Below is a template of a form that can be sent to customers to aid in getting information for your system’s lead inventory. Download and customize to fit your system.
Service Line Inventory (Final) (1)
What Public Water Systems Need To Know About the Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water Act - November 29, 2022
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is sending this message to help public water systems better understand the requirements of the Get the Lead Out of School Drinking Water Act, which was passed into law this past legislative session and became effective on August 28, 2022. The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is the agency responsible for implementing the new law, which establishes requirements for schools to:
- inventory all drinking water outlets
- develop a plan for testing each outlet
- provided general information on the health effects of lead in drinking water
- prioritize early childhood education programs, kindergartens and elementary schools that receive state funding
- contract with a certified lab
- perform testing as required
- provide test results to parents, staff and DHSS
- install lead removal filters if samples are above 5 parts per billion until remediation is performed to ensure lead levels are below 5 parts per billion.
In a separate budget bill, the legislature also appropriated $27 million in federal funds to help pay for lead testing and remediation required by this new law.
In recent webinars by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the DHSS, the agencies recommended schools contact their specific water supplier to determine the levels of lead entering the school’s distribution system. This information will help schools know what to expect when they begin testing. No matter what the entry point lead levels are, schools are still required to test. Although these entry point lead levels may be requested from water systems, water systems are not responsible for performing testing in schools required by the new state law. It is the responsibility of each school to do this testing. This testing program is not a part of the new federal requirements for lead testing in schools required by the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions. Water systems can assist schools in this testing effort if they choose, but it is up to each water system to decide how much assistance to provide or if they want to provide any assistance at all. The Department of Natural Resources has provided a list of certified laboratories to DHSS. This list is on our website at:
https://dnr.mo.gov/water/business-industry-other-entities/certified-laboratories/chemical
EPA Accepting Comments for the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements – Closes Soon
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently accepting comments on the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). This is the rule that will replace most of the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) that became effective on December 16, 2021. There are two separate opportunities to comment. The first is LCRI federalism consultation. The purpose of this docket is to collect comments from state and local government officials and their respective intergovernmental organizations on the forthcoming proposed rulemaking. The second opportunity is focused on environmental justice considerations related to the development of the LCRI.
To provide comments on EPA’s forthcoming proposed LCRI rulemaking, visit EPA’s website at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0813. This is Docket ID EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0813, titled Public Comments for the Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements UMRA/Federalism Consultations. The comment period closes on Dec. 13, 2022.
To provide comments on the environmental justice aspects of the LCRI, visit EPA’s website at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0801. This is Docket ID EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0801, titled National Public Drinking Water Regulations: Lead and Copper Rule Improvements. The comment period closes on Nov. 15, 2022.
Each of the links above will take you directly to EPA’s docket page. Once there, use the tab at the top to select “Browse Documents” and download EPA’s comment memo for the docket which briefly describes the rule and includes specific instructions for commenting. You can conveniently comment online by selecting the “Comment” button under the same tab. You can also read comments submitted by others under the “Browse All Comments” tab.
Small/Medium System & Large System LSLI Spreadsheets
- Updated Links 11-3-2022
Here are updated links to download MoDNR LSLI spreadsheets for small/medium systems and large systems:
Missouri Department of Natural Resources LSL webpage adds LSLI Frequently Asked Questions - Updated 9-19-2022
Click the screenshot below to visit the MoDNR Lead Service Line Inventory FAQ’s page.
Missouri Department of Natural Resources LSL webpage adds Small System Lead Service Line Inventory Spreadsheet - Updated 9-12-2022
Click the screenshot below to download the MoDNR Small System Lead Service Line Inventory spreadsheet.
Missouri Department of Natural Resources LSL webpage
EPA Webinar - August 10, 2022
MoDNR Presentation - February 17, 2022
