Lead-Based Paint
Timeline
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09-02-77 U.S. consumer Produce Safety Commission announces final ban on lead-containing paints. To take place in 180 days.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml77/77096.html
1978 Lead-based paint was banned for residential use in 1978. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that around “three-quarters of the nation’s housing stock built before 1978, approximately 64 million dwellings, contain some lead-based paint.”
1992 The U.S. Congress passes the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act to require disclosure of known information on lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards before the sale or lease of most housing built before 1978.
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/titleten.html
Mar 1996 U.S. EPA & HUD put out a Fact Sheet , EPA-747-F-96-002, entitled “EPA and HUD Move to Protect Children from Lead-Based Paint Poisoning; Disclosure of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing.”
http://www.nls.gov/offices/lead/library/enforcement/fs-discl.pdf
Spring 97 Stanley J. Cohn, an attorney in New Orleans, publishes an article in “The Compleat Lawyer,” an ABA magazine, entitled “Lead Paint Claims - Chipping Away at the Issues.”
http://www.abanet.org/genpractice/magazine/1997/spring/sp97lead.html
Sept 1999 The EPA puts out a handbook intended for contractors, property managers, and maintenance personnel titled The Lead-Based Paint Pre-Renovation Education Rule. The rule applies to residential houses and apartments built before 1978.
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/interiorfinal2.pdf
01-05-01 The Federal Register, Part III, EPA, publishes “40 CFR Part 745 Lead; Identification of Dangerous Levels of Lead; Final Rule.”
http://www.epa.gov/EPA-TOX/2001/January/Day-05/t84.pdf
Mar 2001 HUD, with endorsements by EPA and CDC, puts out a pamphlet entitled “Lead Paint Safety - A Field Guide for Painting, Home Maintenance, and Renovation Work.”
http://fhadirect.hud.gov/offices/lead/training/LBPguide.pdf
03-21-01 The University of Cincinnati, University Health Services, publishes an Environmental Health and Safety Advisory No. 12.6 entitled “Prevention of Adverse Health Effects from Exposure to Lead and Materials Containing Lead.”
http://ehs.uc.edu/Advisories/Advisory_12_6.PDF
Jun 2003 U.S. EPA, CPSC and Hud issue EPA 47-K-99-001, a pamphlet entitled “Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home.”
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/leadpdfe.pdf
April 2008 The EPA issues a rule requiring the use of lead-safe practices.
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm
Dec 2008 The EPA requires contractors performing work that disturbed lead-based paint distribute to owners and occupants of the property a safety pamphlet titled “Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers, and Schools”. This rule applied to pre-1978 housing and pre-1978 child-occupied facilities.
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovaterightbrochure.pdf
2009 Wisconsin becomes the first state with a “Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair And Painting Program.”
Apr 2010 Contractors performing renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978 must be certified and must follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination.
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm
Good Reference sites:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Lead in Paint, Dust and Soil
U.S. EPA - Renovation, Repair and painting (RRP)
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/renovation.htm
U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA, Safety and Health Topics, Lead
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/lead/
Center for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Lead
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/lead/
California Department of Education - Lead in paint
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/fa/hs/leadpaint.asp