This week I had the “pleasure” of attending one of the first “refresher” training courses for the RRP. Ah but wait, per the EPA one shouldn’t need to take a refresher course until 2015 (based on the extension given to those that completed training before April 22nd 2010). Well, welcome to the State of Alabama […]
A look at the RRP enforcement actions & how it impacts you
Can you believe that today marks 943 days since the RRP went into effect? It only took them 119 days to come up with enforcement guidelines, and over 531 days to actually bring their first enforcement action? Well last week, (937 days later) the EPA released the names & details of 16 more contractors that […]
RRP Updates: Effective October 5th, 2011
Has it really been 9 months since we had our last RRP update, and 17 months since we publically commented on the new changes that go into effect October 5th 2011 – whew it sure has been. Besides one fine being handed out finally (I mean the video was on YouTube & was one of […]
RRP Updates – 300 days, Alabama, and a Request from the EPA
In case you are looking for a reason to celebrate, February 16th, marks the 300th day anniversary that the RRP went into effect. If you happen to live in Alabama, I can pretty much guarantee you, that you are probably livid at this moment, as I will explain in a few minutes. If you are […]
Guest Post: Introduction to RRP and Lead Certification
Well this is a first for me, instead of writing down my thoughts, I did a 30 minute podcast with James Dibben of the Blue Collar Coaching & Radio Network. James is a pretty interesting guy who not only still puts on the tool belt, but decided back in March to try to help other […]
Alabama & the RRP: Shafted Part Deux
Interior Designers, Home Designers, Architects, “Consultants” and those already affected by the EPA’s RRP regulation – life just got more complicated & expensive if you work in Alabama. Unfortunately my sentiments after the first Public Comment meeting were correct, but none of the required or promised follow up ever occurred. Amazingly, last night was the […]
140 Day’s Later: RRP Penalty Guidelines Explained
In yesterday’s article, we did a quick overview of the RRP’s enforcement policies, looked at the current exemptions, what their 4 levels of enforcement options are, and provided a ton of links to help you hopefully avoid getting into trouble in the first place. In today’s article, we are going to delve a little deeper […]
139 Days Later: RRP Penalty Guideline’s Established
About a month ago, I was asked to write a 300-word opinion piece on the RRP & where it stood 100 days later. In that piece, I made this comment about enforcement. “Enforcement: Well after being caught in a few lies, the EPA has effectively had its hands tied on the enforcement part. Supposedly, October […]
EPA RRP Updates – The Three Stooges & a few other updates
As we had previously mentioned and discussed, as of July 6th there is a new Record Keeping Requirement that affects all contractors working on Pre78 Target Housing. Unfortunately, it appears that what the EPA stated it was going to be & what they posted on the E-CFR site is slightly different. Hmmm, they couldn’t possibly […]
Public Comment on EPA RRP Proposed Changes
As we have mentioned in some previous posts that the EPA has requested Public Comments on a Proposed Extension into Public, Commercial & Industrial Buildings & a Clearance Testing Proposal. In both of those articles & on numerous forums, we have encouraged others to leave a comment whether they are for or against it. With that in mind, we […]