Laws & Regulations
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Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Annual Results for FY 2025: Data and Trends
Data and Results for the FY2023 Annual Results.
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National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Increasing Compliance with Drinking Water Standards
This page describes National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Increasing Compliance with Drinking Water Standards
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National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Chemical Accident Risk Reduction
This page describes National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Chemical Accident Risk Reduction
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National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Creating Cleaner Air for Communities
National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Creating Cleaner Air for Communities
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National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Addressing Exposure to PFAS
This page describes National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Mitigating Climate Change
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National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Protecting Communities from Coal Ash Contamination
This page describes National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative: Protecting Communities from Coal Ash Contamination.
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If an electrician or plumber, working in a different room from the contained renovation project, needs to drill or cut a hole six square feet or less in size to chase a wire or pipe, does the RRP Rule apply to that work?
As long as six square feet or less of painted surface in that room is disrupted with 30 days, including the work done by the electrician or plumber, and the job does not use prohibited practices or involve window replacement or demolition of painted surfaces, the minor repair and maintenance…
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Does the RRP Rule apply to office buildings, stores, and other commercial buildings?
No, unless the renovation is taking place in a child-occupied facility that is located in a commercial building. “Child-occupied facility’’ means a building, or portion of a building, constructed prior to 1978, visited regularly by the same child, under six years of age, on at least two different days within…
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Are sleeping areas in buildings built before 1978, such as those in fire and police stations, considered target housing?
Firehouses and police stations are not target housing. Therefore, places of temporary rest for employees in these buildings, such as sleeping rooms, are not subject to the RRP Rule. Question Number: 23002-33291 Find a printable PDF copy of all frequent questions pertaining to lead .
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According to your guidelines emergency projects are exempt from some requirements to the extent necessary to respond to the emergency. Does this mean that my firm does not need to be certified and my company doesn't need a certified renovator?
Question: My company only does emergency renovation work. According to your guidelines emergency projects are exempt from the warning sign, containment, waste handling, training, and certification requirements to the extent necessary to respond to the emergency. Emergency renovations are NOT exempt from the cleaning and cleaning verification requirements. Does this…
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When installing a roof, my firm does not create dust by directly sanding or cutting painted surfaces, but we do hammer the unpainted side of the lumber from above. Does the RRP Rule apply to this work?
The Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule applies to work that disturbs painted surfaces. If hammering painted components, even on the unpainted side, disturbs paint, creating dust or chips, the RRP Rule applies. Question Number: 23002-23787 Find a printable PDF copy of all frequent questions pertaining to lead.
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Project-Level Conformity and Hot-Spot Analyses
This page contains policy guidance issued by EPA and/or the U.S. Department of Transportation to assist state and local transportation and air quality agencies implement the transportation conformity program.
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Policy and Technical Guidance for State and Local Transportation
This page contains policy guidance issued by EPA and/or the U.S. Department of Transportation to assist state and local transportation and air quality agencies implement the transportation conformity program.
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Region 4 State and Local Permitting Authority Contacts
NSR permitting contacts for air agencies located within USEPA Region 4
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What, if any, additional requirements or liabilities exist if a homeowner independently removes the protective barriers and containment measures implemented by the firm during a renovation?
Before a firm begins a renovation, they are required to comply with all information distribution requirements under the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule and to post signs that clearly define the work area and warn occupants and other persons not involved in renovation activities to remain outside of…
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Under the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule, when testing a property for the presence of lead prior to beginning a renovation using an EPA-recognized lead test kit, must I test every component affected by the renovation?
Yes. Certified renovators using EPA-recognized lead test kits to determine the applicability of the RRP Rule must test each and every component that will be affected in order to determine that the RRP Rule does not apply to a particular renovation because certified renovator training does not cover sampling protocols…
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My firm is performing a renovation in an unoccupied home that will be put up for sale when work is done. Does the RRP Rule apply to this renovation?
Yes. Temporarily unoccupied or vacant housing is not exempt from the requirements of the Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule. Question Number: 23002-19754 Find a printable PDF copy of all frequent questions pertaining to lead.
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My company installs new or replacement seamless gutters. We install the gutters using self-tapping screws and the cumulative size of the total number of holes is only a couple of square inches. If the job does not involve sanding, scraping, repainting, repair, replacement or reconditioning of the fascia surface, is it covered by the RRP Rule?
Minor repair and maintenance activities are not subject to the requirements of the RRP Rule. For exterior renovations, minor repair and maintenance activities are those activities that disrupt 20 square feet or 29 less of painted surface, and do not use prohibited practices or involve window replacement or demolition of…
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Title V Permitting Program Evaluations for Tennessee
EPA Title V and New Source Review program evaluation conducted on the Shelby County Health Department Pollution Control Section
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2012 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM)
learn more about the 2012 primary and secondary particulate matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards for PM2.5 and PM10 by reading the rule summary, rule history, and supporting documents