State Responses to EPA's Letter to Governors and State Environment and Public Health Commissioners
On February 29, 2016, EPA sent letters to Governors, state environment and public health commissioners, and tribal leaders outlining specific steps to enhance oversight of EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) implementation. Provided below are each of the state’s responses to EPA’s February 29, 2016 letter.
On July 7, 2016, EPA sent a response letter to each Governor and to state environmental and public health commissioners through the Environmental Council of States and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
Click on a state in the map below for each state response
Alabama
- View Alabama's Response Letter(2 pp, 2 MB, About PDF) March 28, 2016
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management: Drinking Water
Alaska
- View Alaska's Response Letter(11 pp, 5 MB, About PDF) March 29, 2016
- Alaska Division of Environmental Health: Drinking Water Program
Arizona
- View Arizona's Response Letter(3 pp, 174 K, About PDF) March 29, 2016
Arkansas
- View Arkansas' Response Letter(2 pp, 78 K, About PDF) March 2, 2016
- Arkansas Department of Health
- Lead and Copper Results
California
- View California's Response Letter(4 pp, 1 MB, About PDF) March 29, 2016
- California Lead and Copper Rule for Drinking Water Page
Colorado
- View Colorado's Response Letter(2 pp, 164 K, About PDF) April 6, 2016
Connecticut
- View Connecticut's Response Letter(9 pp, 1 MB, About PDF) March 30, 2016
Delaware
- View Delaware's Response Letter(3 pp, 2 MB, About PDF) March 30, 2016
Florida
- View Florida's Response Letter(2 pp, 421 K, About PDF) March 30, 2016
Georgia
- View Georgia's Response Letter(3 pp, 2 MB, About PDF) March 30, 2016
- Georgia Environmental Protection Division
Guam
- View Guam's Response Letter(2 pp, yy K, About PDF)
Hawaii
- View Hawaii's Response Letter(8 pp, 2.62 MB, About PDF) March 29, 2016
Idaho
- View Idaho's Response Letter(10 pp, 5 MB, About PDF) March 25, 2016
- Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Lead Information Page
Illinois
- View Illinois' Response Letter(2 pp, 478 K, About PDF) March 31, 2016
Indiana
- View Indiana's Response Letter(2 pp, 207 K, About PDF) April 6, 2016
Iowa
- View Iowa's Response Letter(8 pp, 145 MB, About PDF) March 28, 2016
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources: Lead Information
- Public Drinking Water Program Forms
Kansas
- View Kansas' Response Letter(2 pp, 668 K, About PDF) March 29, 2016
- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment Lead and Copper Rule
- Drinking Water Watch
Kentucky
- View Kentucky's Response Letter(7 pp, 4 MB, About PDF) April 1, 2016
Louisiana
- View Louisiana's Response Letter(2 pp, 577 K, About PDF) March 7, 2016
Maine
- View Maine's Response Letter(3 pp, 270 K, About PDF) March 28, 2016
- Maine Division of Environmental Health
Maryland
- View Maryland's Response Letter(3 pp, 1 MB, About PDF) March 31, 2016
Massachusetts
- View Massachusetts' Response Letter(4 pp, 2 MB, About PDF) March 29, 2016
- Massachusetts Lead and Copper Rule
- Drinking Water Forms
Michigan
- View Michigan's Response Letter(6 pp, 5 MB, About PDF) April 4, 2016
Minnesota
- View Minnesota's Response Letter(5 pp, 179 K, About PDF) March 28, 2016
Mississippi
- View Mississippi's Response Letter(4 pp, 2 MB, About PDF) March 29, 2016
- Mississippi State Department of Health Public Water Supply Documents and Forms
Missouri
- View Missouri's Response Letter(4 pp, 220 K, About PDF) March 29, 2016
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources: Drinking Water Monitoring
- Missouri Drinking Water Watch
Montana
- View Montana's Response Letter(4 pp, 998 K, About PDF) April 8, 2016
- Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Navajo Nation
- View Navajo Nation's Response Letter(2 pp, 961 K, About PDF) May 19, 2016
Nebraska
- View Nebraska's Response Letter(2 pp, 1 MB, About PDF) March 31, 2016
- Nebraska Department of Health & Human Service: Drinking Water
Nevada
- View Nevada's Response Letter(3 pp, 2 MB, About PDF) April 6, 2016
New Hampshire
- View New Hampshire's Response Letter(2 pp, 167 K, About PDF) March 31, 2016
New Jersey
- View New Jersey's Response Letter(2 pp, 526 K, About PDF) April 25, 2016
New Mexico
New Mexico has recently changed their guidance on lead and copper tap sampling to discourage pre-stagnation flushing.
- View New Mexico's Response Letter(5 pp, 347 K, About PDF) March 29, 2016
- New Mexico Environment Department: Drinking Water Bureau
New York
- View New York's Response Letter(3 pp, 212 K, About PDF) April 13, 2016
- Department of Health: Drinking Water Protection Program
- Get Ahead of Lead! Get the Lead Out of Drinking Water
North Carolina
- View North Carolina's Response Letter(6 pp, 401 K, About PDF)
- North Carolina Environmental Quality Compliance Services
North Dakota
- View North Dakota's Response Letter(4 pp, 239 K, About PDF) April 1, 2016
Northern Mariana Islands
- View The Northern Marianas Islands' Response Letter(2 pp, 1 MB, About PDF) March 22, 2016
- Mariana Islands Water Operator Association Lead and Copper Rule Information
Ohio
- View Ohio's Response Letter(5 pp, 2 MB, About PDF) April 1, 2016
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Data Reporting for the Lead and Copper Rule
Oklahoma
- View Oklahoma's Response Letter(2 pp, 588 K, About PDF) March 29, 2016
- Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality: Lead and Copper Rule
Oregon
- View Oregon's Response Letter(4 pp, 926 K, About PDF) April 5, 2016
- Oregon Health Authority: Drinking Water
Pennsylvania
- View Pennsylvania's Response Letter(4 pp, 1 MB, About PDF) March 25, 2016
- Department of Environmental Protection: Lead in Drinking Water Information
Puerto Rico
- View Puerto Rico's Response Letter(2 pp, 70 K, About PDF) April 8, 2016
Rhode Island
- View Rhode Island's Response Letter(3 pp, 294 K, About PDF) March 29, 2016
South Carolina
- View South Carolina's Response Letter(4 pp, 220 K, About PDF) March 29, 2016
South Dakota
- View South Dakota's Response Letter(6 pp, 911 K, About PDF) March 7, 2016
- South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources: Lead and Copper Rule
Tennessee
- View Tennessee's Response Letter(3 pp, 1 MB, About PDF) March 31, 2016
Texas
- View Texas' Response Letter(6 pp, 2 MB, About PDF) April 4, 2016
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Utah
Vermont
- View Vermont's Response Letter(2 pp, 262 K, About PDF) April 18, 2016
- Vermont Drinking Water and Ground Water Protection
Virginia
- View Virginia's Response Letter(3 pp, 843 K, About PDF) March 25, 2016
Washington
- View Washington's Response Letter(2 pp, 172 K, About PDF) March 25, 2016
West Virginia
- View West Virginia's Response Letter(2 pp, 404 K, About PDF) March 7, 2016
Wisconsin
- View Wisconsin's Response Letter(2 pp, 348 K, About PDF)
Wyoming
EPA Region 8 has responsibilities for the implementation and enforcement of drinking water regulations in Wyoming as well as in Indian country in Region 8. View more information on Primacy.
- View EPA Region 8's Response Letter(4 pp, 3 MB, About PDF) April 5, 2016
- Drinking Water System Operations in Wyoming and on Tribal Lands in EPA R8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT and WY)