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By Lee Wasserman, LEW Corp. EPA’s lead based paint rule -- “it’s back!” Part 1
f you don't think, lead- based paint regulations followed by litigation is back in the limelight, just ask I
exposure to lead in commu- nities across the nation by raising home improvement contractors’ awareness of EPA’s lead safety regulations and contributing to a culture of compliance.” After 20+ years of success- fully predicting the future of the environmental industry, I am willing to bet heavy that ALL the other major Home Supply Retailers and their subcontractors and customers will also step up their Lead-Based Paint RRP compliance and awareness programs shortly! Nobody wants to be the next entity
that EPA picks a fight with! Beginning June, 2014 and continuing approximately
with a 4 hour refresher course required prior to the Certified Lead Safe Renovator Super-
as EPA’s most recent press release of holding the supply side of our contracting in- dustry accountable, the EPA means business!! Get trained or refreshed!! For additional information visit www.RRPTrainer.com ; http://www2.epa.gov/enforce- ment/lowes-home-centers-llc- settlement Lee E. Wasserman, Pres. of LEW Corp., Nationally recognized Lead-Based Paint Subject Expert, (2012 HUD Guidelines reviewer), Recognized Microbial expert, LWas- serman@LEWCorp.com. n
Lowes. They were issued a $500,000 fine, coupled w i t h a n agreement t o i mp l e - ment a com- prehensive l e a d p r o -
“I am willing to bet heavy that ALL the other major Home Sup- ply Retailers and their subcontractors and customers will also step up their Lead-Based Paint RRP compliance and awareness programs.”
over the next 18 months, all contractors who had previ- ously completed their EPA RRP Certified Renovator courses and the certified firm will have to renew their certi- fication. EPA's RRP program is a five (5) year certification
visors current certification's expiration date. CHECK your RRP certification expiration date now! If you have never been properly certified, an 8 hour course is all it takes. Based on communications I have been privy to, as well
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gram at their 1,700+ stores nationwide to ensure that the contractors hired to per- form work, minimize lead dust from home renovation activities, as required by the Environmental Protec- tion Agencies federal Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule. Not to mention that this action is certainly coupled with litigation and substantially bad press. Something nobody wants!! “Today’s settlement sends a clear message to all con- tractors and the firms they hire: Get lead certified and comply with the law to pro- tect children from exposure to dangerous lead dust,” said Cynthia Giles, assistant ad- ministrator for EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compli- ance Assurance. This April 17, 2014 an- nouncement found Lowes in violation of EPA's RRP rule, which requires all contrac- tors who disturb painted surfaces or act as a general contractor in pre-1978 Resi- dential and Child-Occupied property to be EPA firm cer- tified and those supervising the work be "Certified Lead Safe Renovators". “Today’s settlement re- quires Lowe’s to institute a robust, nationwide program at over 1,700 of its stores to ensure that the contractors it hires to perform renova- tion projects, like window and door installation, are properly certified and ad- here to practices that help prevent lead contamination in customers’ homes,” said Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. “This action, the first of its kind to address lead safe work prac- tices on a system-wide basis, will help prevent children’s
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