The document provides an overview of the Lead Renovator, Repair and Painting Regulation (LRRP). It explains that the regulation requires certain contractors who work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities to be certified and assign a certified lead renovator to each project. It was implemented to minimize exposure to lead and prevent lead poisoning in children. Key points covered include who needs certification, what is considered lead-based paint and target housing, training requirements, record keeping and work practices to contain lead dust.
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3. 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?
4. Why?
Regulation was written to
minimize the exposure to
lead to those most
vulnerable to its negative
health effects
5. Why?
Lead poisoning is the single biggest
preventable cause of mental retardation in
children
6. 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
7. Why?
Percent of Houses with
Year House Was Built
Lead Based Paint
Before 1940 86 percent
1940-1959 66 percent
1960-1978 25 percent
All Housing 35 percent
8. 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!
9. 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?”
10. What is LBP?
Lead-based paint
Greater than 5,000 parts per million
OR
Greater than 1.0 milligrams per
square centimeter
11. 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.
12. Who?
Firms must be certified too!
There’s a fee to register
www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm
13. Who?
LR assigned to each project
Must have attended 8 hour class
LR can be a sub-consultant to
certified firm
14. 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
15. What is covered in
the LRRP?
What is lead-based paint?
Is it target housing?
How to test for lead-based paint
16. What is covered in the LRRP?
HUD and EPA regulations
Notification of tenants
Required recordkeeping
17. What is covered in the LRRP?
Setting up containments
Proper work practices
Cleaning procedures
18. What is covered in the LRRP?
Disposal of waste
Final Recordkeeping
On the job training of workers