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2018 SESSION
18103827DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-135.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-135.1. Potable water; lead testing.
A. Each local school board shall develop and implement a
plan to test and, if necessary, remediate in school buildings potable
water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as
high priority for testing, including bubbler-style and cooler-style drinking
fountains, cafeteria or kitchen taps, classroom combination sinks and drinking
fountains, and sinks known to be or visibly used for consumption, as often as is required of the supplying public
water system by the Virginia Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water
pursuant to regulations established in accordance with the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.). The local
school board shall give priority in the testing plan to schools whose school
building was constructed, in whole or in part, before 1986.
B. The plan established pursuant to subsection A and the results of each test conducted pursuant to such plan shall be posted on the local school board's website and reported to the Virginia Department of Health.
C. If the results of any test conducted in accordance with the plan established pursuant to subsection A indicate a level of lead in the potable water that is at or above 20 parts per billion, the school board shall develop, implement, post on its website, and report to the Virginia Department of Health a plan to remediate the level of lead in the potable water to below 20 parts per billion and confirm such remediation by retesting the water at two consecutive six-month intervals, consistent with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.).