State AGs Urge EPA to Fix Trump Administration’s Critically Flawed Lead and Copper Rule Coalition notes lead exposure is ‘a public health issue of paramount importance’ that disproportionately harms lower-income communities and communities of color. Washington, D.C. — A coalition of nine state attorneys general led by New York Attorney General Letitia James filed comments yesterday on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed delay of the Trump administration’s changes to the Lead and Copper Rule, a regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) that sets limits on concentrations of lead and other metals in drinking water, and establishes pipe replacement requirements.