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Do you need the new Lead Renovator class? Check out the presentation and find out for yourself. Contact me if you do need this class.
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Lead Renovator, Repair and Painting Regulation
RGA Environmental First firm in the US to receive
license from EPA to teach the LRRP course!
Industrial hygiene consultants Hazardous materials consultants Health/safety consultants OSHA/EPA trainers
LRRP Overview
Who needs to take the class? What does the regulation require? When does it take effect? Where can I take the class? Why was the regulation written?
Why?
Regulation was written to minimize the exposure to lead to those most vulnerable to its negative health effects
Why? Lead poisoning is the single biggest preventable cause of mental retardation in children
Why?
Lead dust causes lead poisoning Lead dust is generated by construction activities Dust can remain after the project is completed affecting homeowners Lead dust taken home by workers affecting families
Why?
Year House Was Built Percent of Houses with
Lead Based Paint
Before 1940 86 percent
1940-1959 66 percent
1960-1978 25 percent
All Housing 35 percent
Why?
A little lead dust goes a long way!
You can’t see it It’s hard to clean-up It gets tracked around A single gram of lead-based paint can contaminate a large area!
Who needs the class?
Each job that impacts lead-based paint in target housing or child occupied facilities must be supervised by a LR
“Great! What’s target housing?” “Great! What’s lead-based paint?”
What is LBP?
Lead-based paint Greater than 5,000 parts per million OR Greater than 1.0 milligrams per square centimeter
What is Target Housing?
Target housing is: Any pre-1978 housing.Child Occupied Facilities are: Child under aged six (3hrs/day, 2 days/week or 60 hrs/year)i.e.schools, daycare, etc.
Who?
Firms must be certified too!
There’s a fee to register
www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm
Who?
LR assigned to each project
Must have attended 8 hour class
LR can be a sub-consultant to certified firm
How many LR’s
Each company must decide how many individuals will hold the license
- Sufficient no. to manage the work
License is good for 5 years
What is covered in the LRRP?
What is lead-based paint?
Is it target housing?
How to test for lead-based paint
What is covered in the LRRP?
HUD and EPA regulations
Notification of tenants
Required recordkeeping
What is covered in the LRRP?
Setting up containments
Proper work practices
Cleaning procedures
What is covered in the LRRP?
Disposal of waste
Final Recordkeeping
On the job training of workers
When?
Where?
RGAtraining.com EPA Certified Training Providers
What is NOT covered in the LRRP?
How to adjust your bidding
How to develop your reports
How to organize your record- keeping
What is NOT covered in the LRRP? OSHA!
Respiratory Protection
Questions?
