Category: Law

Detroit lead service line replacement

Detroit set workforce requirements for LSLR via executive order

Executive Order 2021-02 requires all construction projects greater than $3 million to have 51% of the workforce be bona-fide Detroit residents.

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The City of Malden’s LSL disclosure ordinance

Malden requires that sellers and landlords disclose the presence of lead service lines. City of Malden Mun. Code Section §9.24.010.

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Rhode Island requires disclosure of LSLs for home sales and rentals

Rhode Island law requires the disclosure of lead exposure hazards and potential lead exposure hazards in a residential dwelling, dwelling unit, or premise that is offered for sale or lease. R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-24.6-16

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New Jersey Residential Lead Plumbing Disclosure

State law requires property condition disclosure statements to include a question P.L. 2021, Ch. 264 §1 (b)(3).

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Illinois Residential Real Property Disclosure Act

The State of Illinois requires home sellers to disclose unsafe conditions relating to the presence of lead pipes. 765 ILCS §35.

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Philadelphia’s landlord LSL disclosure

The City of Philadelphia requires landlords to disclose to tenants the presence of any known lead service lines and provide a pamphlet outlining ways to reduce the risk of lead exposure.

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New York Lead Pipe Right to Know Act

New York requires water systems to develop and submit service line inventories to the Department of Health, and for the department to make these inventories public. NY. Pub. Health Law § 1114-b.

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Illinois statute requires full LSLR

Illinois law requires full replacement of lead service lines with varying timelines according to water system size. 415 ILCS 5/17.12.

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New York law enables water authorities to implement water shut-offs

Water authorities in New York State have broad authority to take actions like water shut-off when necessary, N.Y. Pub. Auth. Law § 1196-d(7), (23).

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The City of Newark allows occupant-permitted LSLR

Newark allows occupant permitted LSLRs and holds the occupant and city harmless, City of Newark Municipal Code §16:23-5(a)(1).

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Milwaukee is one of the few cities in the country with a prioritization plan to ensure neighborhoods likely to suffer the most severe impacts from lead poisoning get their pipes replaced first. In consultation with a community-based group, Coalition for Lead Emergency (COLE), and following a public engagement process, Milwaukee included in an ordinance three indicators to prioritize where LSLs will be removed first:

  1. The area deprivation index (ADI), which is a compilation of social determinants of health
  2. The percentage of children found to have elevated lead levels in their blood when tested for lead poisoning
  3. The density of lead service lines in the neighborhood.

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