EPA’s New Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule
INEX IS NOW CERTIFIED
INEX IS NOW CERTIFIED
INEX Construction, Inc. is one of only a few EPA certified Lead Removal Contractors providing commercial and home remodeling and repair services in the Washington DC Metro area
Hi. I’m Chuck McDonald, owner of INEX Construction, Inc. We are a Residential remodeling firm that specializes in kitchen and bathroom remodeling and have been serving the Washington DC Metro area since 1991.
Besides having a reputation for excellence in kitchen & bathroom remodeling and general home renovations, I am a father and deeply committed to protecting families and the environment from lead contamination.
My company, INEX Construction, Inc. is one of only a few home improvement contractors who wasted no time in achieving this EPA certification and INEX Construction, Inc. now offers demolition services not only for home owners who want to do their own remodeling but also for contractors who may not want to become certified. This service offering is in addition to providing kitchen, bathroom remodeling and Handyman services.
If your school, childcare facility, or home was built before 1978, please call on me to assist you with your remodeling or repair needs.
INEX Construction, Inc. will take full responsibility for your demolition or the entire home remodeling or repair project.
Enforcement Alert - Maryland Home Improvement Commission
You should be aware of a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirement that will impact renovation contractors throughout the State of Maryland. Effective April 22, 2010, under EPA's Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule, professionals and firms involved in renovation, repair, painting or remodeling work that will disturb six square feet or more of interior painted surface or 20 square feet of exterior painted surface at residential dwellings (including multi-unit and public housing) or child-occupied facilities built before 1978 need to receive training, obtain certification, provide the required EPA Pamphlet "Renovate Right," prior to the start of any project, maintain compliance records and adhere to lead-safe work practices. For information on EPA's RRP program, please visit the EPA website <http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/toolkits.htm>.
Under the original Renovation, Repair and Painting Program, published in the Federal Register April 22, 2008, not every person who lives in homes built before 1978 would have to comply with the new training and work practice requirements. If homeowners certified that the house is not occupied by a child under the age of 6, a pregnant woman, and the home is not a child-occupied facility, they could "opt out" of the requirements.
Environmental and advocacy groups petitoned against the rule, and the EPA subsequently removed the opt-out provision as part of a settlement.
"By removing the opt-out provision, the rule will go farther toward protecting children under age six and pregnant women, as well as older children and adult occupants of target housing where no child under age six or pregnant woman resides," according to the Federal Register.
In addition to undergoing training and becoming certified, there are also work practice requirements under the new rules
Hi. I’m Chuck McDonald, owner of INEX Construction, Inc. We are a Residential remodeling firm that specializes in kitchen and bathroom remodeling and have been serving the Washington DC Metro area since 1991.
Besides having a reputation for excellence in kitchen & bathroom remodeling and general home renovations, I am a father and deeply committed to protecting families and the environment from lead contamination.
My company, INEX Construction, Inc. is one of only a few home improvement contractors who wasted no time in achieving this EPA certification and INEX Construction, Inc. now offers demolition services not only for home owners who want to do their own remodeling but also for contractors who may not want to become certified. This service offering is in addition to providing kitchen, bathroom remodeling and Handyman services.
If your school, childcare facility, or home was built before 1978, please call on me to assist you with your remodeling or repair needs.
INEX Construction, Inc. will take full responsibility for your demolition or the entire home remodeling or repair project.
Enforcement Alert - Maryland Home Improvement Commission
You should be aware of a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirement that will impact renovation contractors throughout the State of Maryland. Effective April 22, 2010, under EPA's Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule, professionals and firms involved in renovation, repair, painting or remodeling work that will disturb six square feet or more of interior painted surface or 20 square feet of exterior painted surface at residential dwellings (including multi-unit and public housing) or child-occupied facilities built before 1978 need to receive training, obtain certification, provide the required EPA Pamphlet "Renovate Right," prior to the start of any project, maintain compliance records and adhere to lead-safe work practices. For information on EPA's RRP program, please visit the EPA website <http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/toolkits.htm>.
Under the original Renovation, Repair and Painting Program, published in the Federal Register April 22, 2008, not every person who lives in homes built before 1978 would have to comply with the new training and work practice requirements. If homeowners certified that the house is not occupied by a child under the age of 6, a pregnant woman, and the home is not a child-occupied facility, they could "opt out" of the requirements.
Environmental and advocacy groups petitoned against the rule, and the EPA subsequently removed the opt-out provision as part of a settlement.
"By removing the opt-out provision, the rule will go farther toward protecting children under age six and pregnant women, as well as older children and adult occupants of target housing where no child under age six or pregnant woman resides," according to the Federal Register.
In addition to undergoing training and becoming certified, there are also work practice requirements under the new rules
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