Amendments to New Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Program
USEPA is already making changes to its new Lead Renovation Rule, which became effective April 22, 2010. Today, EPA has eliminated the opt-out provision of the new rule which had exempted a renovation firm from the training and work practice requirements of the rule where the firm obtains a certification from the owner of a residence he or she occupies that no children under age 6 or pregnant women resides in the home and the home is not a child-occupied facility. EPA also proposed revisions adding requirements designed to ensure that lead-based paint hazards generated by renovation work are adequately cleaned after renovation work is finished and before work areas are re-occupied.
