New Lead Paint Rule
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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I thought this letter may be beneficial to many of your readers, especially those who own pre-1978 homes and plan on renovating those homes, and also to contractors as well, for a heads-up and head start.
The EPA issued a new rule on March 31, 2008, that by April 2010, maintenance professionals and home improvement contractors who repair or renovate pre-1978 schools, childcare facilities or housing be certified. Their employees must be trained as well and they shall follow protective lead-safe work practice standards. Requirements include, but are not limited to, restricting occupants from work areas, preventing dust and debris from spreading, conducting a clean-up, and verifying effective clean-up. This rule is not just for the State of Indiana, but for all states.
This rule does not apply to homeowners who do it themselves, but is certainly good information to know before they inadvertently poison their children, pets or themselves with lead dust.
The new rule is titled "Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting Program." The affected contractors include builders, painters, plumbers and electricians. The new rule covers all rental housing and non-rental homes where children under 6 and pregnant mothers reside.
In closing, let's put lead dust in perspective. If one takes a 1-gram sugar packet for your coffee (which equals 1 million micrograms), and assume it has a 100-percent lead dust concentration, and you spread it equally over the floors of 10 homes, each home having 2,500 square feet, you would still be 1 microgram per square foot over the allowable limit of 39 micrograms per square foot for floors.
The EPA is launching an education and outreach campaign promoting the use of lead-safe work practices. For much more detailed information on the new lead rule, one can go to www.epa.gov/lead
Calvin Bolt
IDEM Licensed Lead Paint Inspector
IDEM Licensed Lead Paint Risk Assessor
Warsaw, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
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I thought this letter may be beneficial to many of your readers, especially those who own pre-1978 homes and plan on renovating those homes, and also to contractors as well, for a heads-up and head start.
The EPA issued a new rule on March 31, 2008, that by April 2010, maintenance professionals and home improvement contractors who repair or renovate pre-1978 schools, childcare facilities or housing be certified. Their employees must be trained as well and they shall follow protective lead-safe work practice standards. Requirements include, but are not limited to, restricting occupants from work areas, preventing dust and debris from spreading, conducting a clean-up, and verifying effective clean-up. This rule is not just for the State of Indiana, but for all states.
This rule does not apply to homeowners who do it themselves, but is certainly good information to know before they inadvertently poison their children, pets or themselves with lead dust.
The new rule is titled "Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting Program." The affected contractors include builders, painters, plumbers and electricians. The new rule covers all rental housing and non-rental homes where children under 6 and pregnant mothers reside.
In closing, let's put lead dust in perspective. If one takes a 1-gram sugar packet for your coffee (which equals 1 million micrograms), and assume it has a 100-percent lead dust concentration, and you spread it equally over the floors of 10 homes, each home having 2,500 square feet, you would still be 1 microgram per square foot over the allowable limit of 39 micrograms per square foot for floors.
The EPA is launching an education and outreach campaign promoting the use of lead-safe work practices. For much more detailed information on the new lead rule, one can go to www.epa.gov/lead
Calvin Bolt
IDEM Licensed Lead Paint Inspector
IDEM Licensed Lead Paint Risk Assessor
Warsaw, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
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