Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program Training

This 8 hour EPA accredited course is required to prepare Certified Renovators to use lead-safe work practices to prevent creation of lead hazards during renovation, repair and painting work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities.

The Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program is a federal regulatory program affecting contractors, property managers and others who disturb painted surfaces, including rental property owners/managers, general contractors and special trade contractors (including but not limited to; painters, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, siding, flooring, cabinet, window and gutter installers).

This rule applies to residential houses, apartments, and child-occupied facilities such as schools and day-care centers build before 1978.

Renovation is broadly defined as any activity that disturbs painted surfaces and includes most repair, remodeling, and maintenance activities, including window replacement. Any work that disturbs more than 6 square feet of paint inside or 20 square feet of paint outside falls under this rule (HUD or Section 8 Housing requires all workers to follow lead-safe practices if disturbing 2 square feet interior).

What housing and activities are excluded and not subject to the rule? Houses build in 1978 or later, zero-bedroom dwellings (studio apartments, dormitories, etc.), and housing or components declared lead-free by a certified inspector or risk assessor.

April 22, 2010 this law became effective, and enforcement begins October 1, 2010. The penalties for not complying with this law are stringent, fines can be up to $37,500 per occurrence per day and anyone can file complaints against a violator. It is not limited to a home owner or landlord, but may include concerned neighbors, parents of children in school or day-care and others.

Training will include:

• The health problems related to lead, why lead is a problem you need to deal with, and who is put at risk if renovations are not handled correctly.
• What EPA and HUD rules require of Certified Firms and Certified Renovators.
• How to determine if lead-based paint affects your work, and how to educate owners and residents in target housing, or owners and adult representatives in child-occupied facilities about how the work will affect lead in their property.
• How to properly set up the work area so that dust and debris created by your work do not contaminate the property and leave behind lead dust.
• How to work in a lead-safe manner and what practices are prohibited by the EPA and/or HUD rules.
• Provides information on personal protective equipment (PPE).
• How to effectively clean up dust generated by the work performed in the home or child-occupied facility, and how to conduct a cleaning verification.
• How to dispose of renovation waste.
• The requirements in the EPA and HUD rules for creating and maintaining documentation of the work.
• How to rain non-certified renovation workers in lead-safe practices while on the job.

For more information:

• National Lead Information Center - 1-800-424-LEAD or www.epa.gov/lead/nlic/htm
• Consumer Product Safety Commission - 1-800-638-2772 or www.cpsc.gov
• To find a Certified Renovator - www.leadsafelist.com