The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association commended members of the House of Representatives who voted for an amendment that prohibits the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing its Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule until a reliable lead test kit is approved. More
The Environmental Protection Agency intends to study whether it needs to address potential health risks of two chemicals found in spray polyurethane foam and used in compounds that seal concrete and finish floors. More
Scores of building material dealers and association executives headed to Capitol Hill to urge members of Congress to repeal a paperwork mandate spawned by last year's health care reform package, halt expansion of intensely disliked EPA rules on lead paint, and protect dealers from getting caught up in product-related lawsuits simply because they sold the product. More
The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association is urging the new chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to review--and fight--the EPA's lead-paint rule as well as three OSHA programs that the dealer group dislikes. More
A survey of remodelers regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)... More
Two federal agencies proposed today the first national greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses, including rules intended to boost fuel consumption for smaller diesel vehicles by 15% and for gasoline-powered vehicles by 10% as well as varying standards for bigger load-haulers. More
A new survey of remodelers regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's recently launched rule regarding renovations in homes with lead paint indicates remodelers are counting--sometimes unsuccessfully--on their local building supply dealer to help them deal with a rule that they're following more out of fear and duty than out of concern over lead paint's health dangers. More
A recently formed trade group for window and door dealers urged the Government Accounting Office, Congress' investigative arm, to look into what the trade group describes as deficiencies in the studies that the Environmental Protection Agency relied upon in its proposal to toughen a newly launched rule governing renovations and retrofits in homes with lead-based paint. More
The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association urged the Environmental Protection Agency to halt plans to add extra testing requirements to its new Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting rule until the agency makes a better assessment of the rule's current impact and effectiveness. More
The National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association joined with three other trade groups today to file suit against the Environmental Protection Agency over the removal of an opt-out provision in the EPA's much-derided new rule governing renovations in homes where there's a potential health hazard from lead paint. More
