The RRP Lead Paint Rule!

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Renovation, Repair, and Painting otherwise know as the RRP Rule:

Peeling Paint- Is It Lead? Test it!

Lead paint - if your house was built before 1978, then this article is for you. On April 22 2008 the EPA placed into effect the RRP Rule. It requires that all businesses and their employees conducting Renovation, Repairs, or Painting work, on pre-1978  built homes, child care facilities, and schools, to be certified by the EPA to follow lead safe work practices.
           The required training is basically to educate you on the three main procedures used when working with lead contaminated items or areas:        
                                                       Containment of the work area.
                                                        Minimize the airborne particles
                                                        Clean Up

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Just as important as doing the work correctly is the book keeping.
You are required to keep paperwork on all jobs that tested positive for lead. The EPA can and will ask for it, Contractors.
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/samplechecklist.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/samplechecklist.pdf


The Rule Requires that contractors performing renovation, repairs or painting projects that disturb lead based paint provide to the owners and occupants of Houses, Child care facilities, or Schools were children under the age of six live or attend in structures built prior to 1978. Are provided with the Lead Hazard Pamphlet: Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers, and Schools (PDF) (10 pp, 7.0MB). | en español (PDF) (11 pp, 2.1MB)

This Rule applies: Renovation Contractors,
                              Maintenance Workers in multi-family housing,
                              Painters and other Speciality trades.


Here is the EPA's Lead Rules: Extermely dry reading - not written to be read, but here it is. As anyone can see the EPA needs a lot of work in how to communicate. But the information itself is important and these rules must be followed as per "it's the law of the land". This rule lays out all the hows, whats, whys of the lead hazard program.
 

http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm#related

In summation, this law is in place to protect the home owner's health, especially small children and Pregnant Women. Understand that your contractor is doing the right thing by law, in giving you a Lead Paint phamplet and following the proper rules. If he doesn't, he could be fined up to $37,000 for each infraction - per day, for failing to comply with this law. Thanks! Have a great day!