The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) passed rule 40 CFR Part 745 that requires contractors and owners of residential properties, schools and daycare centers to take significant care in renovating and monitoring work performed on these buildings if they were built prior to 1978 to mitigate the hazards of lead present in building components. Before being banned in 1978 lead based paint was used on over 38 million homes in the United States.
Lead poisoning has been shown to cause learning disabilities, reduced IQ, behavioral problems, affects developing nervous systems in children and is deleterious to many adults as well. Breathing lead-laden dust is commonly the way children and adults ingest this toxin, but it can be harmful in many other forms such as chips, flakes or other contact.
As a result, the EPA is requiring contractors and owners who will be disturbing suspected components that contain lead be trained in the procedures for mitigation of lead containing materials. Some of the requirements will include sealing off interiors of buildings, covering floors, using tools equipped with vacuums, wearing protective equipment such as masks with HEPA filters and notifications to occupants and neighbors.
This site is being developed by Contractors to ease the stress and bring together a culmination of Facts and Knowledge toward maintaining a grip on compliance of the
EPA rule 40 CFR 745.
We will assist Contractors that are involved in the EPA rule 40CFR745, with tools to make Compliance a matter of a check lists and flow charts.
This site is being geared toward having easy access to information and methods for everyday compliance.
You are in the right place to find information on the following:
• Compliance with rule 40CFR745
• Procedures for managing a Lead abatement Project for Start to Finish
• Forms in PDF format for downloading and printing
• Forms for online entry with time stamping automatically documenting the procedural process
• Individual State requirements that differ from the EPA Ruling and interpretation of Lead Rule 40 CFR 745
• Disposal of Lead based debris
• EPA Training
• Lead Certification
• RRP Training (Renovation Repair and Painting rule)
As Laws are ongoing and ever changing, so will the information on this web site. We welcome your input if you would like your State information to be added to this site. Information supplied herein has been supplied through many sources and is factual and up to date as possible.