EPA and Lead Rule Awareness for all contractors.
Submitted on January 1, 2010 – 9:59 am3 Comments
Here’s a few links with the EPA Lead Rules explained by different groups.
No one I know has done a plastic wrap containment or asked homeowners to take a blood test so I’m assuming we all still guessing as to how the costs and acceptance by homeowners will play out.
Some links for understanding the EPA Lead rule.
- The Renovate Right Pamplet- NARI sells packs of them–but you can print your own off the EPA site if you want:
PDF – EPA.gov – Renovate Right Brochure -
What the Sierra Club has to say:
Sierra Club Org -
National Center for housing Studies, Some really interesting comments on the estimated costs:
NCHS Documents for download -
Federal Lead Base Paint Bench rules:
http://www.healthyhomestraining.org -
The NAR estimates on the cost of the rule:
PDF from Realtor.org, Comments on the Proposed Renovation, Repair and Painting Program (40 CFR, Part 745) -
Mercatus Report:
Mercatus Report – Regulatory Restraint? PDF -
EPA future sample checklist:
PDF – Future sample renovation record keeping checklist -
The lawyers smell blood:
Wilson Elser – EPA lead law to impose new requirements on contractors and landlords -
Class info NAHB:
Nations Building News – Training Courses to Meet EPA Lead Paint Rule Offered at IBS
Of course there is much more, I found a site with a history of lead use and the ill effects going back to the Roman Empire.
We can talk all we want but until we roll this out in April its best guess on how this will impact our approach to remodeling in homes with lead.
At Remodel Crazy we are putting a simple and blunt webinar together just for awareness for contractors who don’t have the benefit of being in an organization. Which is by far the largest group of contractors. We believe everyone should comply or at the very least be aware.
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I have been certified through a environmental company.
As the environmental co. said and what I learned is that the EPA threw a bunch of laws, not guidelines, together-emotionally w/o thinking and not informing “us”. Paint companies & associations, do not know about being certified. I learned about it via contractor who saw it on line via a contracting website.
Do I believe in what we need to do? Yes.
Can we follow the laws? Only if the homeowner allows it.
Are there going to be painters going “underground”? Yes.
Is it going to cost more to do the job? Somewhat.
It is going to take a lot of teaching & turning in the painter who is not complying.
I to am now”certified” though not vested in this. I agree that lead is hazardous. The way this is set up you may as well sub it out to an abatement Company. I just did some demo on an un occupied home wearing some of the garb that is mandatory, suit ,booties,resperator, glasses etc. it was 15 – 30 degrees in the house(no heat) and I was sweating in these conditions. After 35 years I think when the economy turns I will start building new that looks old. Good luck to all. Maybe there is a ghost of a chance this gets repealed or streamlined.
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I am bamboozeled by this whole issue. The government is clearly overstepping it’s bounds with the RRP. It seems painfully clear to me that it is based on bad studies and bad conclusions. I see there are two camps, those who accept it, assuming that everything EPA says is true (ha), and there are those who see how detrimental and costly it will be and that it is based on bad studies and conclusions. We need to have some solidarity and get this thing repealed!! And let’s talk about who was behind it! It’s outrageous!
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