The Environmental Protection Agency may have delayed enforcement of the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule or so-called "lead paint law." The action dispalys an odd inability by the EPA to understand its own law, or the industry to which it applies, and the reporting by trade organizations and certain media outlets of a "delay in the lead paint law" is simply wrong. More
Critics of the Environmental Protection Agency for its new rule governing repairing and remodeling homes with lead-based paint generally praised the EPA for delaying the effective date on pursuing certification violations, but their comments also indicated they still see significant problems with the rule. More
The Environmental Protection Agency ordered its staff to not take action until Oct. 1 on any certification violations it sees involving its new rule governing repairs and remodeling in old homes where there's a danger of stirring up dust from lead-based paint. More
One out of four building material dealers responding to a survey last month on the... More
A recently formed trade group for window and door dealers has launched its own effort to battle part of the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed standards for working in homes with lead-based paint. More
Jake Malone, policy director of the National Center for Healthy Homes, says the RRP rule is overdue. More
One out of four building material dealers responding to a new survey on the EPA's just-enacted rule on lead-based paint say remodelers and renovators have canceled work on a project because they lack the certification needed under the new rule, a new More
Despite requests for delays or reconsideration from building material dealers, contractors, and Congressmen, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the launch of a rule on lead-based paint that's predicted to drastically curb renovations in homes built before 1978. In fact, the EPA widened the rule's potential impact by announcing it will remove a provision that would have kept a huge number of projects from being subject to the new regulations. More
The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to delay the April 22 launch date of a rule designed to reduce the spread of dust from lead-based paint during renovations of older homes. NLBMDA says there hasn't been enough proper preparation to implement the rule, but the EPA said today it is "on target" for an April 22 start. More
House Minority Leader John Boehner has urged the Environmental Protection Agency administrator to look anew at a soon-to-be-enacted EPA rule designed to control the spread of dust from lead-based paint when old homes are renovated. But the Ohio Republican stopped short of requesting a delay in the rule's April 22 enforcement date--something that the National Association of Home Builders formally requested. More
