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EPA Must Re-examine Lead Definition and to issue a proposed rule concerning the dust-lead

Clearance Testing Standards, Court Says hazard standard and definition of lead-based
paint.
A recent court decision that requires the EPA may ask for more time, ask the full 9th Circuit
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take to review it or ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take
another look at its dust-lead hazard standard may the case – so the outlook is still murky.
result in tighter regulations for contractors who The Outlook for Remodeling
do lead-abatement work if it leads to a stricter EPA has estimated that 76% of homes built
standard for clearance testing. between 1960 and 1978 do not contain currently
Down the road, it could also increase the number
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regulated levels of lead-based paint. As a practical
of homes subject to the Lead: Renovation, Repair
matter, the RRP rule is already applied to many
and Painting Rule (RRP) that remodelers and other
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homes where lead paint is not present in sufficient
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home contractors must pay attention to.
Do NOT alter the scale, proportion, color, or configuration of the logo in any way. quantity to be regulated, because commercially
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In 2009, advocacy groups filed a petition calling
Do NOT add a shadow, outline or distort the logo in any way. available test kits cannot be accurately calibrated
on EPA to revise its dust-lead hazard standards
Do NOT change the font, or the spacing between font and icon. to the current definition of lead-based paint.
and definition of lead-based paint. EPA granted If EPA tightens the standard, and HUD joins EPA
the petition and convened a review panel and in changing the definition of lead-based paint,
coordinated a survey with HUD to see whether many of these homes will officially be regulated
lower lead clearance levels were feasible. But in Reverse Versions
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by the RRP Rule. Lead test kits may then meet the
2016, after the agency failed to act further, the RRP specifications for the false positive/negative
groups filed a lawsuit at the 9th Circuit, asking ratings for test kits.
the court to order EPA to conduct these two NAHB will continue to engage with EPA to ensure
rulemakings. the agency understands the impacts that changes
On Dec. 27, 2017, in A Community Voice, et al. v.
EPA, the 9th Circuit found that EPA must abide by to the lead-based paint definition and clearance
standards could have on the RRP rule.
its statutory duty and gave the agency 90 days NAHB JAN 2018
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