The Biden administration is issuing a final rule requiring the replacement of lead pipes within the next 10 years, fulfilling a priority for the outgoing president. 

President Joe Biden was set to travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to announce that the Environmental Protection Agency would issue the rule, also known as the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements. 

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