HF 1356 Summary

• Adds six new definitions to Minnesota Statutes section 144.382 relating to safe drinking water regulations and service line classification.

• Defines "connector" as gooseneck, pigtail, and other flexible service line connectors not exceeding two feet used between rigid piping.

• Defines "galvanized service line" as iron or piping dipped in zinc to prevent corrosion, and "galvanized requiring replacement" as galvanized lines connected to lead service lines or lead connectors.

• Defines "lead service line" as a portion of pipe made of lead connecting the water main to building inlet, and "lead connector" as a connector made of lead that requires service line classification as lead or galvanized requiring replacement.

• Defines "lead status unknown service line" as a service line not demonstrated to meet Safe Drinking Water Act section 1417 lead-free definition, and "nonlead service line" as service lines determined through evidence-based records not to be lead or galvanized requiring replacement.