USEPA is already making changes to its new Lead Renovation Rule, which became effective April 22, 2010. Today, EPA has eliminated the opt-out provision of the new rule which had exempted a renovation firm from the training and work practice requirements of the rule where the firm obtains a certification from the owner of a residence he or she occupies that no children under age 6 or pregnant women resides in the home and the home is not a child-occupied facility. EPA also proposed revisions adding requirements designed to ensure that lead-based paint hazards generated by renovation work are adequately cleaned after renovation work is finished and before work areas are re-occupied.
