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Maine aging water infrastructure would be upgraded under a $2.3 trillion plan outlined by President Joe Biden this week, and the work would start with a first-of-its-kind inventory aiming to locate lead pipes in the water system.Some $111 billion in the plan would go to upgrade the nation sewers and water pipes, with $45 billion of that aimed at replacing lead pipes. Lead exposure has been linked to childhood learning disabilities. The toxic chemical can leach into drinking water as old pipes containing lead corrode.The presidents plan, which he hopes will be approved by Congress by summer, is short on details about how the money is to be used and how much would come to Maine. But the state has some of the oldest infrastructure and housing stock in the nation. Both the state and water executiv yeezy mexico es expect the money, along with proposed updates to a federal lead and copper rule, to kickstart Maine efforts to find out where lead problems lie and fix them.The state doesn ;t have a good handle on where exactly lead is in the water system in the ground, said Amy Lachance, director of the Maine Drinking Water Program at the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The new federal rule would require all water companies to complete an invent yeezy ory of their infrastructure. We want to make sure that when somebody turns on their water tap they do no dunk panda t have lead, Lachance said.Greg Payne, director of the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition, said the money wo Pwfw The passion and purpose of Travis Roy
WASHINGTON 鈥?Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was lawful and appropriate, a person familiar w stanley de ith the issue told The Associated Press on Monday.Barr appointed John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to conduct the inquiry, the person said. The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke stanley website to the AP on condition of anonymity.Durhams appointment comes about a month after Barr told members of Congress he believed spying did occur on the Trump campaign in 2016. He later said he didnt mean anything pejorative and was gathering a team to look into the origins of the special counsels investigation.Barr provided no details about what spying may have taken place but appeared to be alluding to a surveillance warrant the FBI obtained on a former Trump associate, Carter Page, and the FBIs use of an informant while the bureau was investigating former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos.Trump and his supporters have seized on both to accuse the Justice Department and the FBI of unlawfully spyi yeezy website ng on his campaign.The inquiry, which will focus on whether the governments methods to collect intelligence relating to the Trump campaign were lawful and appropriate, is separate from an investigation by the Justice Departments inspector general. The agencys watchdog is also examining the Russia probes origins an |
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