Action:
Lead Regulation Amendment to Comport with Changes to 40 CFR Part 745
Action 7018
General Information
| Action Summary |
The Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors (“the Board”) is amending the Lead-Based Paint Activities Regulations to comport with recent changes to 40 CFR Part 745, which provides for federal regulations governing lead-based paint activities, including the identification and abatement of lead-based paint hazards. As mandated by the Code of Virginia, the regulations of the Board must be consistent with, but not more stringent than, standards for performing lead-based paint activities established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The recent changes to the EPA lead-based paint standards (i) reduce the level of lead in dust that is considered dangerous; and (ii) lower the amount of lead that can remain in dust on floors, window sills, and window troughs following a lead paint abatement.
The Board’s amendments to the regulation include:
• Replacing the term “clearance levels” with “action levels” thorough the regulation.
• Revising rules regarding the determination of when a dust-lead hazard is present, including specifying that a hazard is present when amount of dust-lead meets a “reportable level” as defined in the regulation.
• Revising rules regarding abatement of dust-lead hazards to provide that dust-lead levels following an abatement must be below action level amounts specified by EPA.
• Revising abatement report standards to include a required disclosure when post-abatement dust-lead testing levels are below dust-lead action levels, but at or above dust-lead reportable levels.
• Various technical changes.
|
| Chapters Affected |
Only affects this chapter.
|
| Executive Branch Review |
This Action is exempt from Article 2 of the Administrative Process Act, but falls within the Executive Branch and
will be reviewed by the Governor's Office.
|
| RIS Project |
Yes [8586] |
| New Periodic Review |
This action will not be used to conduct a new periodic review.
|
Stages
There are currently no stages to display
Contact Information
|
Name / Title:
|
Stephen Kirschner
/
Director, Licensing and Regulatory Programs Div.
|
|
Address:
|
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 400
Richmond, VA 23233
|
|
Email Address:
|
ALHI@DPOR.Virginia.gov
|
|
Phone:
|
(804)367-2785
FAX: (866)350-5354
TDD: ()-
|
This person is the primary contact for this board.
