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IN SB0467
Bill
Status
1/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
Greg Taylor
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AI Summary
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Indiana Finance Authority must sample water in every public school building for lead contamination and report results to school authorities
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Lead action level is set at 15 parts per billion (ppb) based on EPA national primary drinking water regulations under 40 CFR 141, Subpart I
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Schools with lead levels at or above 15 ppb must receive recommendations for remediation actions to reduce lead below that threshold
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Schools already tested during the authority's 2017-2018 lead sampling program are exempt from retesting
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Authority must submit an electronic report on elementary school water sampling results to the general assembly through the legislative services agency
Legislative Description
Testing school building water for lead. Requires the Indiana finance authority (authority) to carry out a program to: (1) sample the water in every public school building for the presence of lead; (2) report to appropriate school authorities the results of the sampling; and (3) if the sampling indicates that water in a school building contains lead at a level equal to or greater than 15 parts per billion, recommend actions that will reduce the lead level in all water in the school building to less than 15 parts per billion. Provides that the authority is not required to sample the water in a school building if the authority sampled the water in the school building during the lead sampling program the authority conducted in 2017 and 2018. Requires the authority to issue a report on the results of the water sampling in elementary schools and submit the report to the members of the general assembly.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs
1/14/2019