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The Trump administration said it would defend a federal rule requiring most cities and towns to replace lead service lines within 10 years, even as it pushes deregulation across much of the rest of the EPA agenda. The move puts the agency on the side of a Biden-era drinking-water rule that utilities have attacked as too costly and hard to meet.
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The Trump administration said it would defend a federal rule requiring most cities and towns to replace lead service lines within 10 years, even as it pushes deregulation across much of the rest of the EPA agenda. The move puts the agency on the side of a Biden-era drinking-water rule that utilities have attacked as too costly and hard to meet.
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The Trump administration said it would defend a federal rule requiring most cities and towns to replace lead service lines within 10 years, even as it pushes deregulation across much of the rest of the EPA agenda. The move puts the agency on the side of a Biden-era drinking-water rule that utilities have attacked as too costly and hard to meet.
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