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Tacky Mats at Factory Direct Pricing

Attention Lead Safe Certified Firms;

As we know the cost of everything is going up and in this challenging economy you are facing more obstacles than ever to try and keep your company profitable. At LeadPaintEPAsupplies we have tried to help out the lead paint renovator by bringing the products you need to complete the job as safely and legally as possible.

Again, we have been able to secure a special deal with the manufacturer of Tack Mats at the lowest price on the internet. These Sticky Mats are coming directly from the manufacturer and by cutting out the middle man we are able to lower the price to you and save you money that you can spend on other facets of your business.

As always we offer great prices on all your other needs for renovations involving Lead Paint. Check out our other items like: LeadCheck Lead Test Kits, HEPA Vacuum Cleaners, Lead Wipe premoistened towels and all of the other safety products you may need to protect yourself and your employees.

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Multi-city effort seeks to spur RRP compliance

Posted by Ralph Scott on December 20, 2010 at Lead-Safe List Blog EPA Certified Renovators and Trainers

A coordinated campaign involving partners in more than ten major U.S. cities has been operating since September to promote compliance with the EPA’s Remodeling, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule by contractors, landlords, government agencies and others covered by the Rule. The campaign is being coordinated by the Washington DC-based non-profit group Parents for Nontoxic Alternatives. To date, the campaign has identified and contacted several hundred companies and agencies that had neither previously sought nor obtained their required firm certifications from EPA, warning them that they could be sued by either EPA or a campaign partner organization if they fail to comply with the law – the first step in a process that could include legal action against recalcitrant firms and agencies.

The RRP Rule seeks to ensure lead-safe renovation, repair and painting practices that protect occupant and worker health in our private housing stock and child-occupied facilities. Although all contractors, school systems, child care facilities, and landlords – including public housing authorities – whose employees perform work that disturbs paint in pre-1978 homes or child occupied facilities were supposed to become EPA-certified renovation firms by April 22 this year, a substantial majority still have not done so. EPA estimates that fewer than one-third of all entities covered by RRP’s firm certification requirement have become certified to date, although the number is growing steadily. The remaining firms are either unaware of the rule or reluctant to comply.

Although EPA has conducted a modest awareness campaign about the Rule, the agency acknowledges that it has no immediate plans to begin robust enforcement. The agency is beginning with a “compliance assistance” posture for the most part, and when the agency shifts to an enforcement emphasis in 2011 it is expected to be mainly reactive to complaints rather than proactive. Thus for the next several months, especially in the 40 states plus DC that are relying on EPA for enforcement of the law (10 states now have delegated authority to enforce the RRP Rule), it will fall mainly to concerned lead poisoning prevention advocates to take proactive measures to bring recalcitrant contractors into compliance with the Rule. This has been the rationale for the multi-city compliance campaign.

The campaign’s approach is similar to strategies employed by nonprofit groups that help enforce fair housing laws by “testing” landlords and real estate agents who may be illegally discriminating and reporting or suing those who are shown to be discriminating. In most cities, local campaign partners have identified more than a hundred firms each that are not yet certified but appear to be covered by the RRP’s firm certification requirement, either because they are advertising services covered by the Rule or simply because they employ their own repair and maintenance personnel that work in pre-1978 properties. Under the Rule, it’s even illegal for a non-certified firm to offer or claim to perform services that would be covered under the Rule. Local campaign partners have written to or called these firms during the fall and given them an informal warning that they either need to become certified or stop advertising and performing renovation services in violation of the Rule.

Local partners are now at the stage of beginning to send official 60-day notices of intent to sue to the firms that variously failed to respond to the informal warnings, have not explained why they need not become a certified firm, or have not provided evidence that they have become or are becoming certified. These 60-day notices are required by the citizen suit provisions of Section 2619 of the Toxic Substances Control Act which empowers anyone to file a civil action in U.S. District Court for compliance with the RRP Rule. Under the law, local partners may also pursue damages for injuries resulting from the firm’s work practices, including its failure to follow other provisions of the RRP Rule, and they may ask the court to award them costs of the suit and reasonable fees for attorneys and expert witnesses. EPA may step in before the expiration of the 60-day notice period and take enforcement action.

Already, the campaign is having a positive impact. In each city, local campaign partners are finding that informal warnings are sufficient to prompt many firms and agencies to submit their firm certification applications to EPA voluntarily. In some cases, firms and agencies said that they actually were not aware of the RRP Rule – or at least not aware of the law’s firm certification requirement – prior to hearing from the campaign. In some cases, firms have told local campaign partner groups that they do not perform work covered by the Rule. In such cases, the local partners seek to verify this claim before dropping the matter. Most firms appear to be responding truthfully, but not all. Reactions by firms and agencies to the informal warnings have ranged widely, from thanking the campaign for making them aware of the law to expressions of outright hostility. In most cases, local campaign partners are able to defuse the angry reactions by pointing out that they are warning as many contractors as possible about the need to comply and have not singled out specific firms for the warnings. This, local partners explain, will gradually bring about more widespread compliance with RRP and level the playing field for all. Contractors who do comply with the law will benefit by having fewer non-compliant competitors with the ability to undercut their prices.

The largest firm that the campaign convinced to become certified early in its work was Lowe’s, the home improvement retail chain that contracts with installers of windows and other products sold by the company. Initially, Lowe’s took the position that they were not required to be certified, saying that the installers were independent contractors, not Lowe’s employees. But following correspondence between the campaign and Lowe’s executives and lawyers and after two phone meetings between the campaign staff and Lowe’s attorneys, the company agreed to submit their application for firm certification to EPA in September and the company is now RRP certified. The campaign noted that Lowe’s itself is a party to their installation contracts with its customers and that Lowe’s advertising implies that the company is providing the installation service. For example, the Lowe’s web site says, “Let Us Do the Installation for You.”

Local campaign partner groups have been surprised to find that such a large proportion of local contractors and major landlords have not yet become RRP certified, and they especially have been astonished to find that even some major public housing authorities and school systems are not yet in compliance.

As non-certified firms have begun to receive the 60-day notices of intent to sue, more of them are moving to comply with the firm certification requirement. These notices are sent via certified mail, and certified copies also go to the EPA Administrator and the Attorney General of the United States (or, in the case of states that have authority to enforce the RRP Rule, to state officials). The notices have proven to be less easy to ignore than the informal letters, emails and calls used initially to give these firms a courtesy heads-up about the law’s requirements. Local partner groups also may soon begin suing non-compliant firms and agencies using volunteer attorneys, and begin publicizing which firms and agencies are ignoring the law. A subsequent article will report on this next phase of the campaign.

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Choosing The Proper Commercial/Industrial HEPA Vacuum Cleaner

Choosing a HEPA Vacuum by Barry Cohen

Note: The following information is provided by Barry Cohen, the owner at http://www.aircleaners.com/  It has been posted on this site as a resource to help contractors and should not be considered an endorsement of any particular products and/or businesses.

99% of domestic HEPA vacuum cleaners are not designed to hold up to commercial or industrial use. However people all too often purchase them to clean industrial and construction debris, chemical spills as well as do it yourself lead and asbestos abatement only to contaminate and poison themselves with the debris and chemicals they are trying to remove with their leaky unsealed HEPA vacuum cleaners! YES UNSEALED!

Just because a domestic / residential HEPA vacuum cleaner has a HEPA air filter in or on it, the great majority of these vacuum cleaner's SPEW particles, allergens and dangerous chemicals including lead and asbestos back into the indoor air environment to be breathed by the person vacuuming and by everyone else in the area. This is because most of the HEPA filters are not properly sealed in the vacuum case and vacuum cleaner cases themselves are not sealed. When the air pressure from the motor pushes air through the vacuum cleaner the dirty contaminated air leaks from these vacuum cleaners often to contaminate the air, home or building worse then ever because the contaminates are being removed from the many different types of surfaces only to end up floating in peoples indoor breathing spaces! Since most domestic HEPA vacuum cleaners only use 1" diameter hose, the hose will often plug up with contaminated construction debris. When the user has to pull the hose apart to unclog the plug the debris often ends up blowing all over the place to be breathed by the people and pets in the area! Even the so called commercial Shop Vac's with HEPA filters purchased at big box stores like Home Depot, Wal-Mart and LOWES have been found to leak contaminates back into the air while vacuuming!

You can do a simple test to see if your HEPA vacuum cleaner really is leaking contaminates back into the air. Just take your HEPA vacuum cleaner and put it into the direct sunlight coming through a window. Then turn on your dirt filled HEPA vacuum cleaner. If it's leaking just a little bit you will be able to see thousands and thousands of particles blowing from your vacuum cleaner into your living space! However if you really want to see a proper test that professional's use in the chemical, lead and asbestos abatement industries to test their vacuum cleaners and air cleaners for possible leaks, you will need to borrow or purchase a certified laser particle counter that is made to measure the exact amount of particles in the air or possibly leaking from a HEPA vacuum cleaner, HEPA air Cleaner or HEPA air purifier. A properly sealed HEPA filtered vacuum cleaner should show ZERO particles coming from around it's HEPA filter and from around it's case! Most people set these laser particle counters to test for particles to 99.97 efficiently down to .3 microns in size. The only domestic vacuum cleaner we have seen pass this test is the sturdy Air Storm HEPA vacuum cleaner made in the USA. However the Air Storm is designed with a 1 1/4 inch hose that is best for home and office cleaning environments while being not suitable for larger debris found in most asbestos, lead and mold abatement and construction debris vacuum cleaning projects!

The most well known brands of commercial / industrial HEPA vacuum cleaners are made by NIKRO, PULLMAN-HOLT and NILFISK. All of these HEPA vacuum cleaners are manufactured with large holding tanks and motors. Some are for dry materials only and some are wet-dry vacuum cleaners that will pick up dry or liquid materials. We prefer the wet-dry types because they will clean almost any type of loose contaminate wet or dry. WE FEEL THAT THE NIKRO IS THE BEST BRAND OF COMMERCIAL / INDUSTRIAL HEPA VACUUM CLEANER ON THE MARKET BECAUSE IT IS BETTER BUILT, MORE USER FRIENDLY AND MADE IN THE USA!

The most important features of these heavy duty commercial / industrial HEPA vacuum cleaners are they are 100 percent sealed to give their operators a zero laser particle test so absolutely zero contaminates are blown back into the air while vacuuming with them. These powerful brands of HEPA vacuum cleaners are also designed and able to vacuum larger sized contaminates with wide hoses 1 inch to 2 inches in diameter. NOTE: Most of these vacuum cleaners are designed to clean dry particles into paper containment bags, which can be costly and they need to be replaced when full. Then the filled paper containment bags should be sealed into a thick Mil plastic Hazmat containment bag for disposal.

We like the NIKRO line of HEPA vacuum cleaners the best because you can vacuum without needing expensive paper containment bags. The NIKRO can suck dust, dirt and other contaminates directly into Hazmat thick Mil plastic contaminate bags that can then be sealed up and disposed of properly. Also NIKRO HEPA vacuum cleaners are made in the USA so customer service is fast and replacement parts are easy to get. NIKRO HEPA vacuum cleaners will also pass all requirements for the EPA Lead Paint Renovation Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule which is the new Federal law for lead paint abatement!

Cost: A top quality commercial / industrial grade HEPA vacuum cleaner to clean hazardous materials including 25" of hose and all needed tools will typically cost between $800.00 and $1,600.00 depending on the tank size, filtration system and motor configuration. This price is very reasonable considering that a Kirby, Electrolux or Tristar domestic vacuum cleaner will often cost twice that price!

Companies that purchase commercial / industrial HEPA vacuum cleaners include:

Commercial cleaning companies
Construction cleaning companies
Asbestos abatement companies
Lead abatement companies
Mold abatement companies
Chemical spill Hazmat companies
Air duct cleaning companies
Maintenance companies
Automotive shops that deal with brake dust and toxic chemicals
Factories to clean equipment and all kinds of spills
Medical facilities, research facilities and laboratory facilities for clean room environments.
Schools and Government buildings
The Military and home defense

URGENT:Home and business owner do it your selfers that are wise enough to know how important it is to clean up toxic chemicals and materials with a 100 percent sealed commercial / industrial grade HEPA vacuum cleaner to avoid contaminating their living space, family and or employees!

REMEMBER: If you're going to do the clean up yourself, you need the proper HEPA vacuum cleaner to do the job correctly. This is very important if you are doing lead paint abatement. Spend the money on the proper HEPA vacuum cleaner equipment that will pass the EPA RRP rule law and STAY HEALTHY!

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Lead Test Kits, Reviewing the Most Popular Kits On the Market

 By Edward Marsh

With today's technology the word home test kit has become a common place phrase in our society. From asbestos to then radon and then we went to mold and even home drug dusting kits. Now with the new laws we now hear the words LEAD TEST KITS. This is not by mistake or is it unintended but due to the new laws that went effective this year that are all under the RRP (Repair, Renovate, and Paint Rule) banner that was created several years ago by the EPA. Lead can sicken people of any age, but young children are at greatest risk; hundreds of thousands of them in the U.S. have elevated levels in their blood, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. The most common place for children to pick up lead contamination is from lead dust being ingested into the body via airborne or by touching contaminated items.

This article is to bring you up to date on a few different types of lead testing kits that are available on the market today:

1- ABOTEX LEAD INSPECTOR - One of the common kits that you will see more widely advertised and works as a swab test that is very easily used by a homeowner. The test will indicate if there is lead on the surface being tested by turning pink or red depending on the concentration of lead. The downside of this unit is that it is not as instant as one would think. It can take up to two hours to detect the lead on the swab. Also there is a strong odor released when the two chemicals in the swab are mixed to do the test. We strongly suggest that you have plenty of ventilation and that you wear protection when using this kit.

2- FIRST ALERT - This kit is much like the Abotex Lead Inspector kit as far as it is a swab based kit. One of the downsides that we noticed was that you had to perform more than one test to create a baseline to see if the results are equal. This procedure is an expense that you must use more than one test to get the results on a single surface. The downside is that you still have a bottle of solution that you must dip the swab in and then rub the surface being tested, this does not allow for a controlled test. Also, the price is on the slightly high scale for only a four swab kit compared to other swab type kits.

3- LEADCHECK INSTANT LEAD TEST KIT - The LeadCheck lead test kit is most likely the easiest, Instant result lead paint detection kit to use. The swab contains the chemicals inside the swab tube used for the process. The chemicals are in two individual glass tubes much like an ammonia inhalant, once the tubes are cracked a quick shake to mix the chemicals and rub the swab on the area to be tested. There are no chemicals or odors to deal with and the test results are visible within about 10-30 seconds. THIS LEAD TEST KIT IS ONE OF THREE THAT ARE NATIONWIDE ACCEPTABLE FOR USE WITH THE NEW RRP RULE FOR LEAD PAINT RENOVATIONS AND LEAD SAFE WORK AREAS.

4- DLEAD TEST KIT - This is the newest Lead Paint Detection kit that is on the market that is EPA recognized for use with the new RRP Lead safe work practices. The test kit has just hit the market and is now becoming available for general sale.  We have noticed that the biggest downside is that there are several components of liquid vials and equipment needed to get the same results as the Lead Check Instant lead detection kit.

The above listed test kits are the most popular on the market. By all mean you will find other kits available for purchase with other pros and cons than what we have listed here. If you are a Certified Renovator through the EPA be aware that the only widely available lead test kit on the market today in the LeadCheck INSTANT Lead test kit. This test kit comes with the verification cards with the test kit in order to confirm that each test kit is working and has acceptable results in order to keep a lead safe work area.





Field Dust Lead Test Kit Reliability Study

Project Funder: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443-539-4162

Project Description: This project compared the performance of trained and untrained individuals in the use of field kits for settled dust lead testing. With advice from an expert panel, the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) developed a dust lead testing kit, which was designed to provide easy-to-use instructions and materials. A grading system was used to determine the performance of five certified lead inspectors and five certified risk assessors when using the kit. The same grading system was used to evaluate the performance of 25 untrained homeowners and 25 untrained rental property owners/managers in using the kit. These target groups were selected because they represent likely users of consumer-based dust testing kits and because they vary in terms of education, motivation, and knowledge of lead issues. The proficiency of the untrained participants was compared with the proficiency of the trained and certified lead professionals. The grading system assessed four different aspects of lead dust sample collection: floor sample collection, window sill sample collection, completion of the sample collection form, and interpretation of laboratory results.

The untrained homeowners and property owners performed at least 90% as well as the trained participants in three of the four assessment components: floor sample collection, completion of the sample information form, and interpretation of laboratory results. However, the untrained personnel performed more poorly for window sill sample collection.

A higher education level and some prior experience with lead dust testing were two factors related to higher performance scores. Participants who had a Master's or Bachelor's degree or had some college courses scored significantly higher than those with a high school degree or fewer years of school. The untrained participants who were less successful in their performance may have benefited from instructions that included clearer images and definitions of the components and sample areas. Participants who were not trained, but had some prior experience with lead dust testing, including having their homes tested for lead dust, or observing or implementing a lead dust test, also scored significantly higher.

The study demonstrated that untrained users can collect lead dust samples almost as well as trained users when the kit is designed for use by individuals unfamiliar with the lead dust sampling procedure, with the exception of interior window sills.  Please note that this article does not represent any one lead test Kit, and this article is strictly for information only 

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Test Kids Toys for Surface Lead

Lead Test Kits - Test Toys for Lead

Lead Test Kit by PRO-LAB is a simple and reliable method to test for lead and get instant results.  Please remember that this test kit has not been certified or approved for use with the Repair, Renovation, and Painting (RRP) rule. 

Lead poisoning causes brain damage to children from birth to 8 years old. Test your home or office for lead. Pro-Lab's Professional lead test kit for all surfaces The kit contains 6 instant test strips to make sure you and your family are safe. Perform the test on:

  • Children's Toys
  • Dinnerware
  • Mini Blinds
  • Ceramics & Antiques
  • Soil
  • Plumbing Pipes & Fixtures


PRO-LAB® Lead Test Kits are available to the general public at over 40,000 leading home centers, hardware stores, pharmacy chains, supermarkets, and a wide category of specialty outlets. Stores include The Home Depot, Lowe's, Menards, Ace Hardware, True Value, Do It Best, Kroger, Fred Meyer, Giant Eagle, and CVS.

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12 Tips for Buying Safe Toys

12 Tips for Buying Safe Toys

 

Despite Recalls, Dangerous Toys Remain on Shelves

 

By Dan Shapley

 

Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, has warned that dangerous and toxic toys are likely still for sale, because government product safety efforts are ineffective.

 

Tens of millions of toys and other children's products have been recalled in recent months, most because Chinese factories used lead paint. Lead can cause permanent brain damage. 

Consumers Union recommends these 12 steps for safe toy shopping:

  1. Do not buy metal jewelry – especially cheap metal jewelry – for young children. About 20 percent of children’s metal jewelry has high levels of lead lurking beneath the surface coating. A child who mouths or accidentally swallows a piece of lead-laden jewelry can suffer lead poisoning.
  2. You can test toys for lead by using a home lead test kit.  Although they may be limited in their use, a positive test result indicates a high likelihood that the product you’re testing has lead. Consumer Reports recommends the LeadCheck and the Lead Inspector, which performed best in our tests.
  3. Be careful of toys with magnets. Many toys have small magnets that can fall out and, if swallowed, can cause serious health problems that are hard to diagnose. Don’t buy toys with magnetic parts that are small enough to be swallowed.
  4. If you find loose, small magnets anywhere around the house, track down the source. Immediately take the product and any of its other magnetic components away from your child and contact the manufacturer and the Consumer Product Safety Commission at www.cpsc.gov.
  5. Avoid no-name products and be careful of toys purchased at dollar stores, street fairs, vending machines, thrift stores, or yard sales.
  6. Stay away from permanent paints and markers when purchasing arts and crafts materials. Look for water-based paints and glues. For a child under three years old, purchase age-appropriate material that your child can’t swallow.
  7. Look for the age grading on toy packages and purchase only age-appropriate toys for your child. The age grading not only relates to play value but also to safety.
  8. Use common sense; some toys may be inappropriate for your toddlers and babies. Toys labeled for children 3 and over may have small parts that can be a choking hazard for children under 3 years old. If you have children under 3 don’t buy a toy with this warning label.
  9. Do your own safety check to determine if your child’s toys are choking hazards for young children. If his or her toy fits through a toilet-paper tube, it is a potential choking hazard. The government-approved test for choking hazards is done with a smaller tube. The more stringent toilet-paper tube test helps you keep questionable toys out of your child’s hands and mouth.
  10. Beware of toys that can be broken into smaller pieces such as chalk, crayons, or caps from markers. They can pose choking hazards to toddlers and babies.
  11. Use caution when children play with small balls, tricycles, and balloons. These three products are the leading causes of death attributed to toys. Balls less than 1-3/4 inches in diameter can pose a choking hazard to young children. Balloons were associated with more than 110 deaths since 1973. Children can suffocate while trying to blow up a balloon or while chewing on or sucking a balloon.
  12. Before you shop, check recent toy recalls at www.notinmycart.org or www.recalls.gov. You can also sign up for automatic recall notifications at www.cpsc.gov.

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EPA RRP lead rule news

EPA RRP lead rule news 

By Ray Berger, senior trainer, Paul Davis Restoration

The subject of lead-based paint and the new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule that went into effect earlier this year has been a hot topic not only in the construction industry, but in the insurance industry as well. It is important that you and your policy holders are aware of this rule as it affects all of us, not just contractors. 

The EPA’s RRP rule essentially states that, beginning April 22, contractors performing renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978 must be certified and must follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination. It pertains to renovation projects where more than 6 sq. ft. of painted surface inside or 20 sq. ft. outside are disturbed. In these instances, strict EPA guidelines must be followed.  

Simply stated, the rule is designed to help prevent lead poisoning. (According to the EPA, more than 1 million children have been affected by lead poisoning since 2000.)

How can people become affected by lead poisoning today? The EPA says that lead tainted dust created from the renovation process is what causes the health problems. This dust is the result of the actions of using paint scrapers and sand paper to remove lead paint from walls, trim work, doors cabinets, etc. Carpenters and painters are not the only trades that can cause this dust to appear – electricians and plumbers can cause lead dust to appear as well.

  • Homeowners: The EPA RRP rule does not apply to homeowners that are performing a do-it-yourself project to their pre-1978 home. Even though this circumstance is not subject to the rule, the safety of the family is their responsibility. All homeowners should read a copy of EPA's "Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers and Schools"
  • Tenants: Property managers or landlords are required to provide notification to tenants prior to starting a renovation project in buildings built before 1978. They are also required to have tenants sign a pre-renovation disclosure form, which indicates that the tenant received the "Renovate Right" lead hazard information pamphlet.

    • Some other important information since the lead rule went into effect includes the following:

    • As of Oct. 21, the EPA has accredited 396 training providers who have conducted more than 22,991 courses, training an estimated 503,700 people in the construction and remodeling industries to use lead-safe work practices. 
    • To date, EPA has recognized threelead test kits for use in complying with the false negative response criterion of the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule. They are the LeadCheck, the State of Massachusetts kit, and D-Lead.
    1. LeadCheck. EPA recognizes that when used by a certified renovator, the LeadCheck lead test kit can reliably determine that regulated lead-based paint is not present on wood or ferrous metal (alloys that contain iron).
    2. State of Massachusetts. EPA recognizes that when used by trained professionals the State of Massachusetts lead test kit can reliably determine that regulated lead-based paint is not present on wood, drywall and plaster; it is not recognized for use on ferrous metal (alloys that contain iron).
    3. D-Lead. Based on the results of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) study of vendor-submitted lead test kits, EPA recognizes that when used by a certified renovator the D-Lead Paint Test Kit manufactured by ESCA Tech Inc., can reliably determine that regulated lead-based paint is not present on wood, ferrous metal (alloys that contain iron), drywall and plaster surfaces.
    • EPA Authorized State Programs EPA has the authority to authorize states, tribes and territories to administer their own RRP program that would operate in lieu of the EPA regulations. When a state, tribe or territory becomes authorized, contractors and training providers working in these areas and consumers living there should contact the appropriate state, tribal or territorial program office. Currently the following states have been authorized by EPA; Wisconsin, Iowa, North Carolina, Mississippi, Kansas, Rhode Island, Utah, Oregon and Massachusetts.

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    EPA OKs 2 Lead Test Kits; RRP Training Tops 400K

    Wednesday, July 28, 2010

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved two lead testing kits and trained 421,000 people as enforcement looms for the new federal lead-safe work rules. The EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) has posted preliminary results of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) assessment of lead test kits on its website The ETV testing was conducted pursuant to the 2008, Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) regulation, to determine if any manufacturer-submitted lead test kits meet both a false negative and a false positive response criterion, as required in the rule.

    The OPPT said it was reporting preliminary results, because the status and implications of the ETV & renovators, lead test kit manufacturers, and training providers. Based on the preliminary ETV results, no new kits meet both the false negative and false positive criteria, the agency said in a statement. Therefore, pursuant to the RRP regulation, EPA will continue to recognize the LeadCheck test kit and the State of Massachusetts lead test kit only.

    One more test kit may be recognized before Sept. 1, 2010 The EPA said. For more information on the kits or testing, contact Sam Brown at 202-566-0490 (brown.sam@epa.gov)  or Erik Winchester at 202-564-645 (winchester.erik@epa.gov). Full enforcement of the RRP rules is NOW HERE. The deadline for certification of firms, originally set for April 22, had been extended to Oct. 1, 2010 and has now passed. Individual renovators had until Sept. 30 to enroll in an EPA-accredited certification class. Certification must be completed by Dec. 31, 2010 and the date is approaching fast that everyone doing renovation work in pre-1978 homes. As of July 22, 2010 the EPA had accredited 286 training providers who had conducted more than 18,300 courses, training an estimated 421,000 people, the EPA agency said. The increasing demand for training before the deadline has slowed traffic on EPA's site, where contractors can search for an EPA-accredited training provider. The EPA says it is working to improve the system. Meanwhile, Massachusetts has joined the list of states that the EPA has authorized to administer their own RRP program in lieu of the EPA regulations. Contractors and training providers in these areas should contact the appropriate state office. 

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