In case you are looking for a reason to celebrate, February 16th, marks the 300th day anniversary that the RRP went into effect. If you happen to live in Alabama, I can pretty much guarantee you, that you are probably livid at this moment, as I will explain in a few minutes. If you are [...]

As 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 [...]

It 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

You 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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]