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Facts about Lead-Based Paint:

• Federal standards define lead-based paint as any paint or surface coatings that contain lead equal to or in excess of, 1.0 milligrams per square centimeter, or more than 0.5 percent by weight.
• Lead-based paint is the primary source of lead-contaminated dust in housing.
• Even paint with a small amount of lead can account for a lot of lead in airborne or settled dust.
• Lead was added to paint to add color and durability.
• Lead-based paint was banned from residential use in 1978 : In 1978, the Consumer Products Safety Commission banned the sale of lead-based paint for residential use. In practice, this means that homes built in 1978 could still have used lead-based paint because existing supplies of paint containing lead would still have been available. This is why the year of construction is such an Important consideration.
  

Health Risks of Lead:

• Lead is very hazardous to children and pregnant women, as well as workers and other adults.
• Children under the age of six (6) are most at risk from small amounts of lead.
• Lead exposure can cause permanent damage.

EPA Lead-Safety RRP Rule:

Anyone who, for compensation, proposes to perform any renovation or repair in any pre-1978 house or child-occupied facility must now be an EPA Certified Renovator,meeting the following requirements:

• Be lead-safe certified by the EPA.
• Employ supervisory certified renovators who have successfully completed an EPA-accredited training course.
• Use only trained workers who have received specific on-the-job training.
• Use EPA specified lead-safe work practices and provide designated educational material. Both individual “renovators” and contracting firms must be EPA-certified renovators. Even contractors with previous lead abatement training must be trained and certified under this new program which will allow contractors to help reduce childhood lead poisoning by working lead-safe.
• Contractors who fail to comply will risk penalties of up to $37,500 per day.
• Even an owner-occupant who plans to hire someone to help him do even small repair jobs must comply with the rule
• The threshold for triggering these requirements is "disturbing more than six square feet" of any painted surface.

Additional information about the RRP rule or the certification process is available at the EPA, or from the National Lead Information Center at 1-800-424-LEAD (5323), or from EPA’s Small Entity Compliance Guide to Renovate Right.
Sources:
1.  http://contractormag.com/news/lead-certification-2345/
2.  http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/leadinfo.htm#facts

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