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The sole purpose of this delay is to enable EPA to take public comment on a longer extension of the effective date for EPA to undertake its review of the rule in a deliberate and thorough manner consistent with the public health purposes of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the terms and objectives of recent Presidential directives and in consultation with affected stakeholders.","action":"Final rule; delay of effective date.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2021/03/12/2021-05271.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"141","title":40}],"citation":"86 FR 14003","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"As of March 12, 2021, the effective date of the final rule published January 15, 2021, at 86 FR 4198, is delayed until June 17, 2021.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["EPA-OW-2017-0300","FRL-10020-99-OW"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2021-05271","effective_on":"2021-01-15","end_page":14006,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2021/03/12/2021-05271.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/03/12/2021-05271/national-primary-drinking-water-regulations-lead-and-copper-rule-revisions-delay-of-effective-date","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2021-05271?publication_date=2021-03-12","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2021-03-12/2021-05271/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":3157,"last_updated":"2026-07-27 22:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-03-12/pdf/2021-05271.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-05271.pdf?1615470340","publication_date":"2021-03-12","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2021/03/12/2021-05271.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"2040-AF15":{"issue":"202010","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2040-AF15/national-primary-drinking-water-regulations-for-lead-and-copper-regulatory-revisions","title":"National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: Regulatory Revisions","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202010&RIN=2040-AF15&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Economically Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["2040-AF15"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Pb POU Model Dec 19 18 Plumbed In","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0300-0839"},{"title":"Abstract: Chowdhury, A. 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