Laws & Regulations

If working in target housing occupied by persons who are blind, how should a firm comply with the pre-renovation information distribution requirements?

EPA’s Lead-Safe Certified Guide to Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers and Schools pamphlet is currently not published in a Braille format. In addition to distributing the regular pamphlet, a firm working in such an environment should take extra precaution to ensure that the owner…

Last published: January 21, 2026

Texas Chap 39, Subchap K §§39.601 to 39.605: Public Notice of Air Quality Applications; SIP effective February 5, 2014 (TXd146)

Texas Chap 39, Subchap K §§39.601 to 39.605: Public Notice of Air Quality Applications; SIP effective 2014-02-05 (TXd146) to present

Louisiana SIP: LAC 33:III Ch. 5 Section 502 - Definitions, SIP effective September 6, 2016 (LAd51)

LA SIP: LAC 33:III Ch. 5 Section 502

Texas SIP: 30 TAC 101.01: Definitions; SIP effective 2001-01-29 until 2005-04-29

Texas SIP: 30 TAC 113 (Reg 3) - Control of Air Pollution from Toxic Materials: NOT in SIP effective February 10, 2015 (TXd164)

Texas SIP: 30 TAC 116.150-116.151. Nonattainment Review; SIP effective 2009-05-19

Texas SIP: 30 TAC Chapter 101, Subchapter B, Failure to Attain Fee, SIP effective March 16, 2020 (TXd221)

Texas SIP: 30 TAC 101.01: Definitions; SIP effective 2017-09-06 (TXd197)

Are prison facilities and juvenile detention centers built before 1978 considered target housing?

Target housing means housing constructed prior to 1978. Certain parts of prison facilities and juvenile detention centers that house incarcerated persons are housing. However, as a practical matter, EPA believes that the most parts of prisons and juvenile detention centers that would be considered housing are also zero bedroom dwellings…

Last published: January 21, 2026

Texas SIP: 30 TAC 116.10 General Definitions; SIP effective 2011-12-19 (TXd131); 2010.05.14 (TXd112); 2002-09-12 (TXd088)

Are renovations in short-term lodgings, such as hotels and motels, time share properties, and homeless shelters built before 1978, covered by the RRP Rule?

Yes, if the property renovated is not a zero-bedroom dwelling, or if it is a zero-bedroom dwelling where any child who is less than six years of age resides or is expected to reside. A zero-bedroom dwelling is a residential dwelling in which the living area is not separated from…

Last published: January 21, 2026

Texas SIP: 30 TAC Chapter 116, Subchapter D, Permit Renewals, SIP effective February 5, 2014 (TXd146) to March 15, 2020

Texas SIP: 30 TAC 116.310-116.315

Texas SIP: 30 TAC Chapter 116, Subchapter C, Division 1, Plant-wide Applicability Limits, SIP effective February 5, 2014 (TXd146) to March 15, 2020

Texas SIP: 30 TAC 116.180-116.198

Older hotels built before 1978 are knocking down walls, combining two hotel rooms, and making their units two-room or even three-room suites. Does the RRP Rule apply when one-room units are converted to two-room suites?

Yes. A renovation performed for the purpose of converting a building, or part of a building, into target housing or a child-occupied facility is a renovation for purposes of the RRP Rule. Hotel suites that provide a sleeping area that is separate from the living area are covered by the…

Last published: January 21, 2026

I understand that the RRP Rule does not apply to dormitories. Does the rule apply to a unit of student housing made up of two bedrooms, a living room, and kitchen?

Yes. While the RRP rule does not apply to zero-bedroom housing, unless any child who is less than six years of age resides or is expected to reside in such housing , the type of housing described is not zero-bedroom housing. Zero-bedroom housing means a residential dwelling in which the…

Last published: January 21, 2026

Texas, El Paso Area, Ozone, Attainment Plan Summary

Texas SIP: 30 TAC 117.10. Definitions; SIP effective 2000.04.03

Automobile Refinish Coatings: National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards

Read the text of this Clean Air Act section 183(e) rule, see the rule history, find fact sheets, and background information for this Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) rule.

Key Program Dates & Contacts

Key dates in 2022 for Clean Air Markets programs.

Will regulated entities have to perform retroactive requirements based off of the November 12, 2024 final rule entitled “Reconsideration of the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post-Abatement Clearance Levels” (89 FR 89416)?

Answer: No. The November 12, 2024, final rule entitled “Reconsideration of the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post-Abatement Clearance Levels” (89 FR 89416) does not impose retroactive requirements to regulated entities that have previously complied with the Disclosure Rule. In accordance with 40 CFR 745.107, a seller or lessor generally…

Last published: January 21, 2026

When are the compliance and effective dates for the dust-lead reconsideration rulemaking and for the dust-lead reporting level and dust-lead clearance levels?

The November 12, 2024 final rule entitled “Reconsideration of the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post-Abatement Clearance Levels” (89 FR 89416) was effective on January 13, 2025. Compliance for some elements of the final rule, such as the revisions to the dust-lead reportable level (DLRL) and dust-lead action level (DLAL)…

Last published: January 21, 2026