April 22, 2010 EPA Lead Based Paint Rules Change

[Scott Nachatilo]

I was just reading on EPA's web site about the April 22, 2010 requirement that contractors working on pre-1978 housing will have to have EPA certification for lead remediation...http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm

Are you guys doing anything to address that? What are the responsibilities of the property owner?

[Jim Wineinger]

Lets see now. We are talking about disturbing paint that has been there since 1978 and before because it might contain lead.

Back then it was commonplace to strip off paint, especially peeling paint areas, before painting. Therefore is there any lead based paint left really?

How many paint jobs last for 32 years anyway?

Take a scraping of the area and have it analyzed for lead. If it contains none you have the proof that you are not subject to the lead based rules because you have no lead.

You can tell my opinion of this "rule" but which would be cheaper, certification or analyzing each project?