EPA’s Renovation, Repair and
Painting Rule:
Will Your Contractors and
Subcontractors Be Ready to Comply?
Baltimore Maryland
On April
22, 2010, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renovation, Repair and Painting
Regulation (RRP Rule)
will become fully effective and enforceable.
The RRP Rule requirements will
apply to all “renovations” (including many typical housing maintenance and
repair activities) for “compensation” in pre-1978 “target housing” and pre-1978
“child-occupied facilities” (including daycare centers) where lead-based paint
will be disturbed by the work.
To comply,
legal entities performing these “renovations,” including third party property
managers and residential rental property owners, will have to apply to EPA to
become “Certified Renovation
Firms.” Additionally, the firms’
workers will have to be trained as “Certified Renovators” by
EPA-accredited training providers or receive on-the-job training in lead-safe
work practices from Certified
Renovators.
Has your
company begun preparing for compliance?
Also, will your contractors and subcontractors be ready to
comply?
With the
increasing awareness and need to document compliance with EPA certification, CONNOR Institute has developed the
attached draft letter to your contractors and subcontractors. The letter, which should be individually
edited to meet your needs, is intended to inform the trades that work on your
regulated properties about the requirements of becoming a Certified Renovation Firm as
well as having trained and Certified
Renovators assigned to jobs at your properties. Additionally, the letter can serve as a
starting point to assist in collecting the necessary compliance information
from firms that you hire, which will enable you to communicate the EPA Rule’s
requirements to your vendors.
To further
assist you in getting your employees and your contractors’ and
subcontractors’ workers trained, CONNOR
Institute, an EPA-accredited training provider, is offering the EPA Certified Renovator Initial
full-day classes on an open enrollment basis across the country. Registration is $250/student, which includes
all training materials, a light lunch, and morning and afternoon refreshments. To
select and register for one of CONNOR
Institute’s EPA Certified Renovator classes, click on this link: www.connorinstitute.com/classes/rrp.aspx.
CONNOR
Institute can also arrange for EPA
Certified Renovator Initial training classes specifically for your
employees and contractors’ and subcontractors’ workers. To discuss scheduling a class or classes for
the benefit of your company, please contact Jack Anderson at janderson@connorinstitute.com
for more details.