New E P A laws

[c_kling]

anyone know about the things that we have
to do before 4-22 2010 when the new laws on lead
start.The way i see it you have to get license
from epa for your co. and traing for at lest 1
person on the job .Fees and equip. it could cost
12to1500. there is 134 pages on it on the epa

[myxpykalix]

Christian "laws on lead" (you mean the metal?) why would that apply to us? We're woodworkers!

[garyb]

Jack, its in reference to lead base finishes (paint)

[myxpykalix]

I thought they took lead out of paint years ago? I know i have to have a section in my leases to show that i don't have lead based paints so the little rugrats won't go chewing on the woodwork.

[beacon14]

There are new requirements for anyone working on a home built before the early 70's. Such older homes can have lead-based paint. If you disturb more than a few square feet of any painted surface you must either test first to be sure there is no lead or you must treat the jobsite as if a lead hazard exists. You also are required to educate the homeowner with some gov't supplied information, and have completed training as Christian mentions.

I've only read a little about it in some trade mags so don't take this as the authoritative source. If you work on older homes do some research and stay in compliance - the penalties for ignoring the law are steep.

[wberminio]

Is this regulation nation wide?

[navigator7]

Wait till one of you guys who owns a rental or some such and it is reported as a meth lab .... whether a real or fabricated report!
The government flat takes it over. Property and all.
Quite scary. The financial burden is on the property owner. It seems the limit of spending for "Remediation" is limited to the wealth of the property owner. Its abuse of power, frankly.
Druggies, seeking to out competition, report competition as a meth lab site.
Even if the claim is total BS......the owner of the property is truly screwed.
Happened here!
Lead? Bah......worry about meth!
I'd rather have asbestos and Mesothelioma.

[coach]

so if I report every cainet shop in Florida......I be only one left.
I bet I would make more than my 100.00 a day then.,,,,,,,kidding, I am only making 7.00 a day.

[coach]

wasn't the lead thing based on toy makers?
due to the chineese importing lead based paint.

lead laws have been in effect since at least the early 80's. (My first exposure)
I remember rebuilding stadium bleachers. The wood seats were lead based and had to be packaged into large bags and then were transported to Vermont. Why vermont I don't know.

[navigator7]

@ David,
I don't know about Florida except what I learn from Ron White.
He was arrested for .7 of an once of pot. But as Ron stated, they passed three crack houses and a murder on the way to arrest him.

$7 a day, huh? Sounds like the land of milk and honey.