APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 11, 2021 44
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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H.P. 141 - L.D. 206
Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 234: Lead Testing in
School Drinking Water Rule, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of
Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and
Prevention
Sec. 1. Adoption. Resolved: That final adoption of portions of Chapter 234: Lead
Testing in School Drinking Water Rule, a provisionally adopted major substantive rule of
the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and
Prevention that has been submitted to the Legislature for review pursuant to the Maine
Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, is authorized only if the following
changes are made:
1. The rule must be amended in sections 4.A, 5.A, 5.A.3, 5.B, 6.B.2, 6.B.3 and 6.B.4
to replace the term "15 ppb" with the term "4 ppb."
2. The rule must be amended in section 1.B.4 to delete the phrase "and a maximum of
no more than 18 hours."
3. The rule must be amended in section 3.B.3 to replace the sentence "The Department,
in accordance with the 3T's guidance, recommends that the water be motionless no longer
than 18 hours, before the collection of samples begins." with the sentence "Excessive
flushing of pipes may not take place immediately prior to the minimum 8-hour nonusage
period in order to ensure that the sample represents a period of normal use."
4. The rule must be amended in section 6.C to replace the phrase "within 10 days" with
the phrase "as soon as practicable within 5 days."
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