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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 26.16.07.10" title_num="26" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="07" heading="Remedial Plan of Action.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If elevated levels of lead are found in any drinking water outlet, the school shall determine and document a remedial plan of action to permanently reduce the lead level or replace the outlet, plumbing, or service line contributing to the elevated level of lead.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The school shall provide its remedial plan of action to the Department and MSDE within 30 school days of receiving laboratory results of first-draw testing indicating elevated levels of lead in drinking water outlets.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The school shall include one or more of the following actions in its remedial plan of action:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Permanently close access to the outlet or remove the outlet;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Install and maintain a point of use filter at the outlet;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Repair, reconfigure, or replace the outlet, plumbing, or service line contributing to the elevated level of lead;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Install and maintain automatic flushing of outlets after testing confirms that the lead level in the outlet after flushing is not elevated. The automatic flushing outlets shall be installed in:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Kitchen sinks;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Teachers’ lounge sinks;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Home economics classroom sinks;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Nurse’s office sinks;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Other sinks in the building; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Other outlets as approved by the Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Provide bottled water;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Check grounding wires and, if existing wires are grounded to water pipes, find an alternative grounding system; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Reconfigure plumbing to bypass sources of lead contamination.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The school may resume service at a location where an elevated level of lead was found only after:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Remedial action has been taken;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Follow-up first-draw lead sampling has been conducted; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The outlet no longer has an elevated level of lead.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The school shall report remedial measures taken to the Department and MSDE no later than 30 school days after implementation and include all actions taken and the associated dates.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The school shall post on the school’s website remedial measures taken no later than 30 school days after implementation and include all actions taken and the associated dates.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The dates and results of all follow-up lead sampling shall be reported to the Department and MSDE within 10 school days of receipt of results from the laboratory.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>