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In This Issue: Clean Water Action Endorses Harris-Walz Ticket: A United Front Against PFAS | Our Waters Remain at Risk After the Sackett v. EPA Supreme Court Decision | Federal Budget: Environmental and Health Protections Threatened Once Again | New Guide for Engaging with Water Pollution Permits | State and Regional News: California, Chesapeake Region (Maryland, DC, Virginia), Michigan, Minnesota, New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Five local Fruitvale restaurants teamed up to reduce single-use disposable waste by over 187,600 individual pieces and over 3,240 pounds — annually. After an average payback period of 2.74 months, this group of restaurants will collectively be saving over $10,000 every year by purchasing fewer disposables, dramatically reducing plastic pollution in their operations, and providing real-time examples of businesses that are both eco-friendly and economical in the Fruitvale community.

May 4, 2020 Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal Officer (DFO) EPA Science Advisory Board (1400R) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460 via email: armitage.thomas@epa.gov Dear Dr. Armitage, We provide these comments for consideration by the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) in their review of EPA’s National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Revisions. We urge the SAB to consider aspects of the Proposed Revisions where EPA’s proposal missed the mark in terms of achieving significant public health risk reduction