EntryStandard

Right-of-Entry Documentation · LSLR Programs

The documentation system of record for right-of-entry compliance in lead service line replacement programs.

Under the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements, a water system's obligation on the customer side of the line is not only to replace — it is to document: every outreach attempt, every method used, every refusal, every non-response. EntryStandard is built for the day that record is examined.

The record is the deliverable

When a service line cannot be replaced because access was not granted, the program's protection is its record. EntryStandard produces a complete, tamper-evident count of attempts and methods for every property — who was contacted, when, how, and what happened — maintained as an append-only ledger and exportable in audit-ready form. The system is designed to document the reasonable-effort requirements of 40 CFR §141.84 and the documentation obligations that follow from them.

Complete access records also serve the program's purpose: properties documented as refused or non-responsive are properties a program can lawfully move past — which keeps replacement rates moving and gets lead out of the ground faster.

Built for examination, not for demonstration

  • Audit survival. Primacy-agency reviews and program audits examine attempt counts, methods, dates, and outcomes. Every one of those facts is a first-class record in EntryStandard, not a note field — including refusals and non-responses, which are compliance outcomes in their own right.
  • Litigation posture. Records are captured at the time of the event, by the system performing the work, with cryptographic integrity protection. The record structure is designed to support admissibility as business records and to rebut after-the-fact claims that outreach did not occur.
  • Turnover-proofing. Programs run for years; staff and contractors change. Because the record is structured and append-only, institutional memory does not leave with the person who kept the spreadsheet.
  • Procurement safety. EntryStandard conforms to a published, versioned record specification — ES-R v1.0 — with a public crosswalk to the regulatory text. Specifiers can cite the standard rather than a vendor's marketing.

The federal floor, stated plainly

For customer-side replacement, the reasonable-effort requirement of 40 CFR §141.84 means no fewer than four attempts to reach the customer using at least two different methods. States may require additional attempts or specific methods, and several do. EntryStandard counts attempts and methods per property against the applicable requirement and shows, at any moment, which properties have a complete record and which do not.

EntryStandard is not affiliated with or endorsed by EPA or any state agency. The platform documents compliance activity; the compliance obligation remains with the water system.

Where to start

How the record works · The ES-R specification and regulatory crosswalk · For engineering firms administering LSLR programs · Structured pilot review