EPA Lead Inspector Study Guide
lead based paint -
✔ 1mg/cm^2 or .5% by weight
title X -
✔ aka Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992
-shifted focus of federal legislation from acting on existing lead-based paint hazards to
preventing new hazards from occurring
-has regs governing the training and certifcation of lead professionals
-Fed regs DO NOT require LBP inspections; risk assessments, or abatement in target housing
or child-occupied facilities
-congress passed in order to protect families from exposure to lead from paint, dust and soil
-only acting on existing homes containing lead based paint
3 reasons children more susceptible to EBLL -
✔ 1) development 2) habits 3) body stature
lead based paint inspection -
✔ surface to surface investigation to determine the presence of a lead based paint
following Title X
deteriorated paint -
✔ chipping, chalking, flaking
accessible surface -
✔ "chewable" surfaces, ie. window sills
friction surface -
✔ interior/ exterior w/ abrasion or friction ie windows, floor and stair surfaces
impact surface -
✔ interior/ exterior surface that is subject to damage by repeated sudden force ie door
frames
abatement -
✔ any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint.
inclduing: removal of paint and dust, permanent encolsure or encapsulation of lead based
paint, replacement of painted surfaces, removing soil
child occupied facility -
✔ -building/ portion of building built before 1978
