Pennsylvania
Uniform Construction Code
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EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule -- Effective
April 22, 2010
The Environmental Protection Agency issued
a new rule aimed at protecting children from lead-based
paint hazards in places they frequent. The rule applies
to renovators and maintenance professionals that work in
housing, child-care facilities and schools built prior to
1978. The rule, Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting Program
(PDF) (79 pp, 847K), requires that contractors and maintenance
professionals be certified; that their employees be trained;
and that they follow protective work practice standards.
These standards prohibit certain dangerous practices, such
as open flame burning or torching of lead-based paint. The
required work practices also include posting warning signs,
restricting occupants from work areas, containing work areas
to prevent dust and debris from spreading, conducting a
thorough cleanup, and verifying that cleanup was effective.
The rule will be fully effective by April 2010.
The rule applies to paid contractors working
in pre-1978 housing, child care facilities and schools with
lead-based paint. Contractors include home improvement contractors,
maintenance workers in multi-family housing, painters and
other specialty trades. The covered facilities include residential,
public or commercial buildings where children under age
six are present on a regular basis as well as all rental
housing. The rule applies to renovation, repair or painting
activities. It does not apply to minor maintenance or repair
activities affecting less than six square feet of lead-based
paint in a room or less than 20 square feet of lead-based
paint on the exterior. Window replacement is not minor maintenance
or repair.
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