Don’t Paint Yourself in a Corner, Get Certified Now – Dealing with EPA’s Lead Paint Rule
A long time in coming, but certainly below the radar screen, is the implementation of the EPA rule issued in 2008 requiring contractors engaged in renovations to be certified in handling lead based paint that may be present in homes, child care facilities and schools built before 1978. Certainly many of the buildings built before that time may well have lead based paint in them since it was not specifically prohibited until that date. However, many manufacturers moved long before 1978 to remove lead from their paint.