---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 143.13"
title: "40"
number: "143.13"
heading: "Use prohibitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/143.13"
---

# §143.13. Use prohibitions.

- (a) No person may use any pipe, any pipe or plumbing fitting or fixture, any solder or any flux that is not lead free as defined in [§ 143.12](/cfr/40/143.12.md) in the installation or repair of:
  - (1) Any public water system; or
  - (2) **Any plumbing in a residential or nonresidential facility providing water for human consumption.**
- (b) [Paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall not apply to leaded joints necessary for the repair of cast iron pipes.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 85 FR 54256, Sept. 1, 2020, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 42198, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.