Research Triangle Park, NC - The EPA’s new Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) rule takes effect April 22, 2010! The EI Group, (EI) has recently been approved by the EPA to provide this training in North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky. As of September 30, 2009, EPA has 66 accredited training providers nationwide.
This new EPA rule is the result of a four-year long study showing that renovation work, including weatherization, window replacement, HVAC modifications, demolition or interior plaster walls, and drilling and sawing into painted wood and plaster, exposes both occupants and workers to the same kind of hazards as lead-paint abatement. All remodelers, painters, plumbers, HVAC technicians, etc. that work on homes or child-occupied facilities, such as schools and daycare centers, built before 1978 must have certified workers and their firm must be certified with the EPA. This rule applies to all projects that disturb more than 6 square feet of a potentially lead contaminated surface inside a building or 20 square feet outside.
As an EPA Accredited Firm, EI plans to offer this 8-hour Renovator class that will teach lead-safe work practices, documentation requirements, and recordkeeping requirements multiple times per month.
About The EI Group, Inc. - The EI Group, Inc. (EI) is an environmental, health and safety (EHS) consulting firm dedicated to providing quality, cost-effective consulting, testing and training services with the highest level of customer attention. The firm’s comprehensive menu of services has been designed to support client operations, goals and EHS commitments at an affordable price, anywhere throughout the United States and abroad. Founded in 1988, EI is a privately owned company of approximately one hundred (100) professionals and is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, with branch offices in Charlotte and Wilmington, North Carolina; Richmond and Roanoke, Virginia; Greenville, South Carolina; Louisville, Kentucky; and Dallas, Texas.
For more information on The EI Group’s Lead RRP Training courses or other lead, asbestos, and occupational safety training offerings, please contact Deb Walker, at dwalker@ei1.com or 800.717.3472.
# # #
