RRP

EPA Begins Effort to Reduce Children’s Exposure to Lead Paint in Lewiston/Auburn, Maine Area

..... MAINE CONTRACTORS: The EPA has announced that will begin “an effort to improve compliance with laws that protect children from lead paint poisoning” in the Lewiston/Auburn, Maine area. This includes “steps the Agency is taking to increase compliance... with the federal lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule.” The press release notes that the Lewiston/Auburn area “has the highest number of incidences in the state of children under the age of six with elevated blood [...]

2016-05-19T09:42:51-04:00May 18th, 2016|EPA, MAINE, Quick Hits, RRP|
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Keeping Your Crew Trained & Safe

This is NOT an approved EPA lead paint test. You don't want your crew testing for lead paint like this! Learn from my mistakes. Everybody goes home today. You've heard me say it often enough if you've been reading my blog. I know how hard it can be to keep your crew safe. It's even more difficult when there is a language barrier. That's why I decided to add Portuguese-language LSR-S (MA RRP) & OSHA [...]

2016-02-17T11:46:28-04:00February 17th, 2016|MA LSR-S, OSHA 10 Training, Portuguese Language, RRP Training|
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Looking for HES Training?

Our friends at Home Performance Institute of New England told us Connecticut contractors looking for HES certification need EPA Lead Renovation, Repair & Painting (RRP) certification and OSHA 10 Construction classes in addition to BPI training. We’re very excited to hold both of these critical classes at our new partner location, the Home Performance Institute of New England, located in Stamford, Connecticut. There, students receive the same high quality training they’ve come to expect from LeadSMART Training [...]

2015-12-10T15:07:03-04:00December 11th, 2015|HES Training, Home Performance Institute, OSHA 10 Training, RRP Training|
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So, Your Client Read that Forbes Article

Forbes magazine recently published an online article about a lead paint lawsuit in California. Why does that matter? Well, I’m not going to comment on the case. That isn’t what’s relevant to you, at least at this point. What I don’t want is you to be blindsided by a comment made by the author in this article. That comment may cause you problems. So what did he say? He wrote: “…extensive government-sponsored studies showing that the best [...]

2016-01-26T10:21:01-04:00September 8th, 2015|LEAD PAINT NEWS|
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