EPA's New Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Requirements Take Effect

The US Environmental Protection Agency' s Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Program (RRP), originally published in the Federal Register April 22, 2008, became fully effective on April 22, 2010, imposing certain training, certification and work practice requirements on activities that disturb lead-based paint. The RRP rules are aimed at protecting against the hazards associated with lead-based paint, particularly the risk to children arising from exposure to lead-based paint chips and dust. These rules apply to housing and child-occupied facilities, as defined in the regulations, that were built before 1978, unless testing demonstrates that the paint being disturbed is not lead-based. Housing and child-occupied facilities built in 1978 or later are presumed not to have lead-based paint and are therefore not subject to the RRP rules.