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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 […]

Filed Under: EPA Lead Regulations Tagged With: Lead Regulations July 10, 2010 By SLS 6 Comments

EPA RRP: Proposed Extension into Public, Commercial & Industrial Buildings?

As we have mentioned in our recent articles on the EPA RRP updates, the EPA is requesting public comments on numerous items. One item they are considering is should they extend the current RRP policies to include public, commercial, and possibly industrial buildings. While this one issue theoretically does not affect Homeowners directly, it can […]

Filed Under: EPA Lead Regulations Tagged With: Lead Regulations June 13, 2010 By SLS Leave a Comment

EPA RRP Proposed Changes: Clearance Testing

Oh boy, here we go again. As a quick history recap – The following “proposed” & open for “public comment” changes to the RRP are due in part to the Sierra Club settlement that the EPA agreed to back on August 26, 2009. In this settlement, the EPA committed to propose (more like implement) several changes […]

Filed Under: EPA Lead Regulations Tagged With: Lead Regulations June 11, 2010 By SLS 8 Comments

EPA RRP Updates – The New Record Keeping Requirement

*** Update: The reg as stated below was not what they fully published – new article here *** But hey, who knows they might fix their mistake – yeah right  As we mentioned in the EPA RRP & HomeStar Updates article back on May 6th, there is a new record keeping regulation that goes into effect […]

Filed Under: EPA Lead Regulations Tagged With: Lead Regulations June 10, 2010 By SLS 4 Comments

EPA RRP & HomeStar Updates

The RRP’s Opt-Out Provision: As we mentioned in the 10 days later article, the Opt-Out is going bye-bye. The EPA’s proposed changes to remove the Opt-Out provision have been published in the Federal Registrar. In essence, that means any jobs your customers wish to Opt-Out of, will need to be completed within 60 days, aka […]

Filed Under: EPA Lead Regulations Tagged With: HomeStar, Lead Regulations May 6, 2010 By SLS 4 Comments

Update’s and happening’s @ SLS Construction

As many of you know, today was the first day of the EPA’s new RRP regulation. Based on this regulation, and a few other changes that will be happening shortly, I thought a quick update was called for. I would like to also take this time to thank not only our valuable customers, but also […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: HTRC Updates, Lead Regulations, RRP Countdown April 22, 2010 By SLS Leave a Comment

LEAD FAQ’s – To Test or Not to Test – that is the question

As the property owner you have a question you should seriously consider, due to the increased costs of the EPA’s RRP rules, should I get my house or areas that are being worked on tested for lead, or should everyone just assume lead is present and proceed accordingly? In order to start answering that question, […]

Filed Under: EPA Lead Regulations, FAQ's, Acronym’s, & Terminology Tagged With: Certified Lead Renovator, Lead FAQ's, Lead Regulations December 20, 2009 By SLS 10 Comments

LEAD, the EPA, and You – The Process of Remodeling a pre 1978 house

In the prior two articles on the new EPA Rules on Lead aka RRP (Renovation, Repair and Painting) rule being implemented by the EPA, we covered the Renovate Right brochure and a quick primer on the EPA’s RRP requirements. In this article, we are going to delve into the typical process that must be followed […]

Filed Under: EPA Lead Regulations Tagged With: Certified Lead Renovator, Lead Regulations December 16, 2009 By SLS 8 Comments

LEAD, the EPA, and You – a quick primer for Home Owners, Rental Owners, and Contractor’s regarding Renovation’s of pre-1978 houses

As I mentioned in a prior article, the EPA has released new regulations concerning LEAD in houses built before 1978. Unfortunately, there is still a lot of confusion out there on the subject and many contractors still don’t know this is coming. One quick example involves an ADECA class on weatherization projects for the Department […]

Filed Under: Consumer Awareness, EPA Lead Regulations Tagged With: Certified Lead Renovator, Lead Regulations December 11, 2009 By SLS 8 Comments

Another hotel, another city – Why?

Well, here I am sitting in another hotel room.  Why? Two words – Continuing Education; this time I am down here in Montgomery to take a three-day class on Weatherization. Back in October, I was in Indianapolis to take a government mandated Lead class and to attend the Remodeling & Deck Expo. Then there were […]

Filed Under: Consumer Awareness, Legal, Miscellaneous Articles, Training, Education, & Confrence Tagged With: Lead Regulations December 7, 2009 By SLS 2 Comments

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