Environmental Protection Agency
Reduce childhood lead exposures and associated health impacts
Goal Leader: Amanda Kasper, Special Advisor to the Administrator, Office of the Administrator |
Goal Statement: By September 30, 2021, EPA will: establish drinking water lead testing programs for schools in all states and the District of Columbia; reduce the number of lead nonattainment areas to 10 from a baseline of 13; complete 48 cleanup actions at sites where lead is a contaminant of concern; and increase the recertification rate of lead-based paint renovation, repair and painting firms to 28 percent from a baseline of 23 percent.
Goal Action Plans & Progress Updates