Environmental Protection Agency has suggested new criteria for contractors and construction professionals when working in houses that have lead-based paint. EPA has suggested the prohibition of renovation activities ...
"There is no safe level of lead," said Michal Freedhoff, EPA's assistant administrator for chemical safety and pollution prevention. The new rule will bring the United States "closer to eradicating lead-based paint hazards from homes and child care facilities once and for all," she said. The...
EPA proposes lead paint rule.EPA proposes lead paint rule.Reports on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule for lead-based paint activities. Requirement of training for those who work with lead-based paint; Need for a qualified and properly trained workforce to assist in the eliminatio...
“There is no safe level of lead,” said Michal Freedhoff, EPA’s assistant administrator for chemical safety and pollution prevention. The new rule will bring the United States “closer to eradicating lead-based paint hazards from homes and child care facilities once and for all,” she said....
, and does not provide documentation of lead dust findings. Alternatively, a Lead-Based Paint Inspector can collect lead dust wipes for laboratory analysis. Providing laboratory documentation completed by a licensed Lead-Based Paint Inspector provides documentation of compliance with the RRP rule....
EPA Proposes Changes to Lead RuleTHURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015Lead-safe training requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule could be eased under proposed revisions. Specifically, renovators of lead-based paint laden homes, child-care facilities, and ...
“Reducing exposure to lead-based paint – especially among children and pregnant women, and in communities already overburdened with pollution exposure – is a top priority for EPA,” said David Cozad, director of EPA Region 7’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division. “The Agency is ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks after setting anationwide deadline for removal of lead pipes, the Biden administration is imposingstrict new limits on dust from lead-based paintin older homes and child-care facilities. A final rule announced Thursday by the Environmental P...
“This is a leap forward in the country’s long-delayed efforts to eliminate lead exposures in millions of residences and childcare facilities that still have lead-based paint,” Gartner added. The Trump administration had alsotightened lead dust rules, butenvironmentalists saidat t...
The push to reduce lead in tap water is part of a broader federal effort to combat lead exposure that includes proposed stricter limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities and a goal to eliminate lead in aviation fuel. ...