Tag Archives: RRP Countdown & Consequences

Public Comment on EPA RRP Proposed Changes

By Sean | Published: June 20, 2010
epa-certified-firm-sls-constructionAs 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
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10 days later; EPA RRP Updates

By Sean | Published: May 2, 2010
epa-certified-firm-sls-constructionIt has now been 10 full days now since the EPA’s Renovation, Repair & Painting Regulations were put fully in place. According to all of the EPA’s talk, we should have had plenty of news on this subject, but it has ended up being pretty quite overall. With that said, there have been a few
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Update’s and happening’s @ SLS Construction

By Sean | Published: April 22, 2010
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
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10 days to go – Some praise, some links, and a WTF?

By Sean | Published: April 12, 2010
As many of you may recall, less than a month ago the EPA reversed course and finally decided to put the list of certified firms online. At that time, there was only 1806 firms registered, and as of 10 days ago, they had only managed to register 2272. Well it appears they have ramped up
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15 days to go – Where the RRP stands

By Sean | Published: April 7, 2010
LeadCheck Update: The EPA still has not gotten back to me on the LeadCheck question – I have a letter from the EPA Regional Coordinator saying I heard wrong in class & that it is good to go for testing drywall & plaster. Then on the other hand, we have the EPA’s web site that
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20 Days to go – I am calling the EPA out

By Sean | Published: April 2, 2010
trainingcoursemapYou know it is late and I planned to let day 20 simply slide on by. I was hoping at least to get one email to clarify an issue with the “approved” test kits, but alas – no answer. Then @NHCC sends out a Press Release from the EPA: http://epa.gov/lead/pubs/lscp-press.htm. At first glance, the numbers appear
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25 Days to Go: RRP Work Practices – Clearing up some misconceptions

By Sean | Published: March 28, 2010
I happen to be a member of quite a few Contractor forums. Needless to say that this is one of the hottest topics on these boards as it affects almost every contractor out there. As I have mentioned in other articles there are plenty of “grey” area’s with the new regulation, followed up by individuals
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30 Days to go – a quick look at the numbers

By Sean | Published: March 23, 2010
As many may recall in the 67 days & counting article I referenced the EPA’s original study found here: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/economics/pubs/lrrpnprmea.pdf. In it, they had four options for a 2-phase rollout. One option does come close to what we are looking at & it is called Option A. “All renter-occupied target housing units built before 1978,
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35 Days to go – the EPA & Alabama Public Comment Meeting

By Sean | Published: March 18, 2010
Needless to say, even though I had to shuffle some jobs around, I managed to make it to the Alabama’s Public Comment Meeting today. I had emailed all the Certified Firms in Alabama (12 currently) and two of them actually showed up (Champion Windows of Birmingham and Huntsville). John from the Alabama Homebuilders Association was
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38 days to go – Some good news & then the Alabama RRP issues

By Sean | Published: March 15, 2010
First the good news: The EPA has apparently reversed course and actually made the Certified Firm Database online. List of all EPA Certified Lead RRP Firms Perform a search based on your zip code  I do see one big issue – they calculated 215,000 firms would be impacted by this regulation, but right now there are only 1806
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