http://blog.sls-construction.com Provided by SLS Construction of Cullman, AL Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:00:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://blog.sls-construction.com/2010/rrp-penalty-guidelines-explainer http://blog.sls-construction.com/2010/rrp-penalty-guidelines-explainer#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:00:11 +0000 Sean http://blog.sls-construction.com/?p=1920 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
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]]> http://blog.sls-construction.com/2010/epa-rrp-update-record-keeping-requirement/feed 10 http://blog.sls-construction.com/2010/rrp-updates-home-insurance-lshr http://blog.sls-construction.com/2010/rrp-updates-home-insurance-lshr#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 13:00:44 +0000 Sean http://blog.sls-construction.com/?p=1206 Well this has been a busy week on many fronts. For most of this week, I have been attending RESNET Training here in Atlanta. Needless to say, the EPA and the fallout from the RRP has not started to dissipate yet. In this article, I have three quick updates, followed by a guest post today from Dean Lovvorn of the Certified Renovator Council of North America’s explaining why many legal “EPA certified” contractors may be working illegally.]]> http://blog.sls-construction.com/2010/rrp-updates-home-insurance-lshr/feed 5 http://blog.sls-construction.com/2010/epa-rrp-homestar-updates http://blog.sls-construction.com/2010/epa-rrp-homestar-updates#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 03:00:13 +0000 Sean http://blog.sls-construction.com/?p=1052 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
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