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California AB 100 – Drinking Water: Lead Free Endpoint Devices (Approved by Governor)

Aug. 18 2022

On October 8, 2021, California State Governor Newsom signed AB 100.  This bill would prohibit a person from manufacturing, and offering for sale in the state, an endpoint device, as defined, that does not meet a certain lead leaching standard (Starting January 1, 2023).

Key Requirements

•Commencing January 1, 2023, a person is prohibited from manufacturing, and offering for sale in the state, an endpoint device, as defined, that does not meet NSF/ANSI/CAN 61-2020;

•Commencing July 1, 2023, a person is prohibited from introducing into commerce or offering for sale in the state an endpoint device that does not meet that lead leaching standard;

•Requires consumer-facing product packaging or product labeling of an endpoint device that's intended to convey or dispense water for human consumption shall indicate that compliance with the "lead-free" standard by including the lettering "NSF/ANSI/CAN 61: Q ≤ 1" in an easily identifiable manner (consistent with NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 labeling requirements);

•Requires endpoint devices to be certified by an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited third party to show compliance with the "lead-free" requirements; 

•Defines an "endpoint device" as a single device, such as a plumbing fitting, fixture, or faucet that is typically installed within the last one liter of the water distribution system of a building. An endpoint device includes all of the following:

    oRemote chillers, Lavatory faucets. Bar faucets, Kitchen faucets, Hot and cold-water dispensers, Drinking fountains, Drinking fountain bubblers, Water coolers, Glass fillers, Residential refrigerator ice makers.

    oAn endpoint device does not include either of the following:

          •Devices specifically exempted from section nine, “Mechanical Plumbing Devices,” of the 2020 NSF International Standard 61, which became effective in the year 2020.

           •Devices the 2020 NSF International Standard 61, which became effective in the year 2020, subjects to a different lead leaching standard or normalization requirement than that specified in subdivision (a).

Link to the bill: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB10

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