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     NEW EPA Lead Safety for       Renovation, Repair and Painting

Final Rule 40 CFR 745

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Final Rule 40 CFR 745.......requires that renovations -- in pre-1978 homes or child occupied facilities -- which are conducted for compensation that involve the removal or modification of painted surfaces or that  disturb more than 6 square feet (interior) & 20 square feet (exterior) of lead paint must be performed by Certified firms using Certified Renovators. This includes landlords and their employees.

The deadline for achieving certification is April 22, 2010.

This rule applies to firms that will perform renovation work that disturbs lead paint in pre-1978 homes and child-occupied facilities. Applications which fall under this rule would be remodeling, repair/maintenance, electrical work, plumbing, painting, carpentry and siding/window replacement. 
 
Workers seeking to become Certified Renovators must successfully complete the EPA accredited renovator class.

The class attendee will receive a certificate for having completed the EPA approved training class. This certificate should then be mailed to the EPA. The EPA will confirm class attendance then issue their Certified Renovator certificate.  

ACT NOW. The EPA began accepting applications on October 22, 2009. The April 22, 2010 deadline will be here before you know it. Take the class now and submit your application to the EPA for processing well in advance of the deadline.

                                               Avoid EPA Fines
                             of up to $32,500 for each violation

Firms who knowingly or willingly violate the EPA regulation may also be fined up to an additional $32,500 per violation and/or face imprisonment.

Click here here to access more information about the rule.

                      Classes are now Beginning for Renovator Certification

The Home Builders Association of Massachusetts (HBAM) has arranged for an EPA approved training facility, the Institute for Environmental Education (IEE), to train our members, as well as non-members, to be Certified Renovators.

Training will be done at their state-of-the art site at 16 Upton Drive in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

Training consists of 6 class hours & 2 hours of hands-on training.

Class Overview

• Registration & Introduction (including photo taken on site)
• Why Should I Be Concerned About Lead Paint?
• Regulations
• Before Beginning Work
• Contain Dust During Work
• During the Work
• Cleaning Activities and Checking your Work
• Recordkeeping
• Training Non-Certified Renovation Workers
• Hands-On Activities
• Review/Test

Member Price: $ 185.00

Non-Member Price: $ 195.00

Click here to register.

CLASS  DATES

This training arrangement offers a wide selection of class dates from which to choose...including Saturday classes!
Register early.....Class size is limited. 

December classes: 4, 11, 19, 21
January classes: 8, 15, 21, 23, 25
February classes: 5, 6, 18, 20, 22, 26
March classes: 3, 6, 15, 20, 24, 31
April classes: 3, 17, 20, 30

Member Price is $185.00
Non-Member Price is $195.00

Classes begin at 7:30 AM and end at 4 PM.

Please arrive 15 minutes before class time.

The IEE is next door to the Sandwich Exchange restaurant at 16 Upton Drive in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

Directions to IEE will be on registration receipt.

Click here to register. 

HBAM Education Committee Co-chairmen are Clayton Mersereau and John Steiger.