Lead-based paint hazard controls

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HUD. 1997. Guidelines for the evaluation and control of lead-based paint hazards in housing. Chapter 7 Lead-based paint inspection. 1997 Revision. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

NIOSH. 1997b. Protecting workers exposed to lead-based paint hazards. A report to congress. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 98-112. January 1997. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, pp. 1-74. 

Year OF Enactment/Amendments Toxic Substances Control Act, 1976 Asbestos Elazard Emergency Response Act Amendment, 1986 Radon Program Development Act Amendment, 1988 Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act Amendment, 1990 Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act Amendment, 1992... 

Alliance for Healthy Homes (2005). Building Blocks for Primary Prevention Protecting Children from Lead-Based Paint Hazards. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health. 

Control of lead-based paint hazards at Federal facilities. 

The term reduction means measures designed to reduce or eliminate human exposure to lead-based paint hazards through methods including interim controls and abatement. 

Conformance with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations as well as the federal HUD guidelines for evaluation and control of lead-based paint hazards. 

Adapted from U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing (1995), citing P. E. Marino et aL, A Case Report of Lead Paint Poisoning During Renovation of a Victorian Farmhouse, American Journal of Public Health 80 (1990) 1183-1185. 

Standard Guide for Prevention and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Rental Housing" explains duties of landlord and techniques available. 

A more recent piece of U.S. legislation with a lead focus was Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act, referred to as the 1992 Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act or simply Title X. Tide X provides a number of steps to eliminate the most hazardous of lead-painted residences in public and certain classes of private housing. Its guiding purpose was to develop a national approach to creating infrastructure to eliminate hazards as rapidly as possible. Some provisions of the legislation as interpreted by HUD and EPA are controversial, particularly in the matter of interim controls of lead paint exposures in the most deteriorated living units. 

The June 1995 final HUD Guidelines for evaluation and control of lead-paint hazards (U.S. HUD, 1995), generated in response to the requirements of Title X, consists of six major divisions (1) an overview discussion of childhood lead poisoning (2) the conceptual and operational frameworks for Title X (3) the current delinitions of what lead-based paint hazards are (4) the core operational part, the lead hazard control process (5) a compendium of other issues, such as a more comprehensive look at overall health of children in these residences, and potential sources of exposure besides lead paint and (6) innovation and cost-effectiveness issues. The operational part consists of 18 chapters and a set of appendices. 

U.S. EPA has proposed TSCA standards for the disposal of lead-based paint (LBP) debris to replace RCRA regulations. The new standards would establish disposal standards for LBP debris and identify recycling and incineration activities that would be controlled or prohibited. To avoid duplicative regulation, the waste that is subject to these new standards would not be subject to RCRA hazardous waste determination. 

For an evaluation of the potential hazards in your home related to lead-based paint and dust, as well as advice on controlling those hazards to make your home safe, you can use the services of a professional risk assessor. 

If you do not have either a risk assessment or lead-based paint inspection, you must assume that all surfaces have lead-based paint and take precautions accordingly if you are doing any work that disrupts painted surfaces. Also, once the controls are completed, you will need to have a licensed assessor inspect for any other hazards before your home can be officially declared safe. ... 

A number of other states enacted lead paint hazard control remedies in more recent years, and as of 1990, the U.S. HUD noted statutes dealing with lead-based paint in the following states besides those noted above Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. 

In this Final Rule, U.S. HUD sets forth seven strategies for lead paint or paint hazard evaluation and hazard reduction, varying in relative stringency from least to most (1) safe work practices during rehabilitation (2) ongoing lead paint maintenance practices to assure continued intact surfaces (3) visual assessment and paint stabihzation (4) risk assessment and interim controls (as defined above) (5) combined risk assessment and lead paint inspection with interim controls (6) risk assessment and abatement of lead paint hazards and (7) lead-based paint inspection and abatement via removal of aU lead paint. 

Final report Lead hazard control plan or certification of lead-based paint compliance Lead concentrations for each surface tested... 

List names of individuals who have responsibility for lead-based paint. Include owner, property manager (if applicable), maintenance supervisor and staff (if applicable), and others. Include any training in lead hazard control work (by inspector, supervisor, worker, etc.) that has been completed. Use additional pages, if... 

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