EPA LEAD REQUIREMENTS

Timeline for Lead Rules Implementation:
December 22, 2008: Switch to "Renovate Right" brochure distribution (instead of "Protect Your Family")
April 22, 2009: "Train the Trainer" courses begin for those who will teach the Lead Certification After April 22, 2009: Persons seeking certification as renovators or dust sampling technicians may take accredited training as soon as they are available.
October 22, 2009: Firms may start applying to the EPA for certification to conduct renovations
April 22, 2010: Renovations in target (pre-1978) housing and child-occupied facilities must be conducted by certified renovation firms, using renovators with accredited training, and following the work practice requirements of the rule.

Visit the EPA's website for general info on the new EPA lead rules; http://epa.gov/lead.

NEW PAMPHLET: Beginning December 22, 2008, the rule will require that contractors performing renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint provide the Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers, and Schools (PDF) (20 pp, 626K) lead hazard information pamphlet En Español (PDF) (20 pp, 3.2MB) to owners and occupants of target housing and child care facilities and to parents and guardians of children under age six that attend child care facilities built prior to 1978. The rule will affect paid renovators who work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities, including:
- Renovation contractors - Maintenance workers in multi-family housing - Painters and other specialty trades. Under the rule, child-occupied facilities are defined as residential, public or commercial buildings where children under age six are present on a regular basis. The requirements apply to renovation, repair or painting activities. The rule does not apply to minor maintenance or repair activities where less than six square feet of lead-based paint is disturbed in a room or where less then 20 square feet of lead-based paint is disturbed on the exterior. Window replacement is not minor maintenance or repair.

Understand that after April 2010, federal law will require you to be certified and to use lead-safe work practices. Read more about EPA's rules and lead-safe work practices in EPA's brochure Contractors - Lead Safety During Renovation (2 pp, 1.5MB). HTML version

THE NARI
CODE OF ETHICS

Each member of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry is pledged to observe high standards of honesty, integrity and responsibility in the conduct of business by:

Promoting in good faith only those products and services which are known to be functionally and economically sound, and which are known to be consistent with objective standards of health and safety;

Making all advertising and sales promotion factually accurate, avoiding those practices which tend to mislead or deceive the customer.

Writing all contracts and warranties such that they comply with federal, state, and local laws.

Promptly acknowledging and taking appropriate action on all customer complaints.

Refraining from any act intended to restrain trade or suppress competition.

Attaining and retaining insurance as required by federal, state, and local authorities.

Attaining and retaining licensing and/or registration as required by federal, state, and local authorities.