Protected by Copyscape Duplicate Content Check

Subscribe by Email and get notified about new postings as soon as they happen!

Your email:

Check Out This DVD About RRP Work Practices

This DVD, produced by Chris Zorzy, contains great time saving solutions for complying with the RRP Rule.   Chris shares a variety of containment strategies that will help keep your jobsites clean, reduce job costs and meet RRP requirements

Looking For RRP Forms and Signage?

Shawn has reviewed these forms, helped the provider enhance the forms and recommends them as a great option for those who want to use paper forms to document compliance with the EPA RRP rule.

Lead Paint Fors Store Banner

LeadPaint FormsStore.com

Browse Topics by Tag

I just wanted to say thank you for your efforts to keep us informed.

"Thank you again for the hundreth time for keeping a vigil on this business nightmare. Your site is one of the best resources we have to stay on level ground" 

Christian Peter

 

"I am quite impressed with all the confusion out there at Shawn McCadden’s clear and concise voice that continues to help contractors and those involved in this industry truly understand the rule. His efforts should be applauded." 

Christopher Wagner, LBPFiles

 

"RRPedia is an accurate and contractor friendly interpretation of the very complex and confusing EPA RRP rule"

 

"Thanks for taking the time to write the blog.  It's about the only place one can go to get some serious info on this dreadful subject"

Suggest or Contribute a RRPedia Topic

Want a Simple Summary of the EPA RRP?

Shawn McCadden has created an EPA RRP Summary for Remodelers.

"Hi Shawn, Nice RRP write up on the website.   I've already forwarded a link to it to a number of local builder types."  

Click here to go to the summary.  You can also download it if you want your own copy.

Add this widget to your Web page, blog, or social networking site. A widget is a CDC.gov application that displays the featured content directly on your web page. Click the buttons to see the next tip to prevent lead poisoning.


 

Welcome to RRPedia
Your Interactive Resource for EPA RRP Information

Looking for accurate information about the EPA RRP rule?

RRPedia RRPedia logohas been created by Shawn McCadden to help remodelers and others affected by the New EPA Renovation Repair and Painting Rule. 

Please read RRPedia Use and Contribution Information before using or contributing to RRPedia

Be sure to Read Shawn's Remodeling Magazine Blogs about the EPA RRP Rule.  Click here to see a list

Keep checking back.  Information about a wide range of RRP-related topics will continue to be added. 

You Can Browse For RRP Topics By Using The Tags List To The Right

Current Articles | RSS Feed RSS Feed

EPA RRP Enforcement Has Started, But You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!

Posted by Shawn McCadden on Sun, Dec 19, 2010 @ 05:00 AM
  
  
  
  
Add to delicious  delicious  
  

Please read RRPedia Use and Contribution Information before using or contributing to RRPedia

RRP Enforcement Has Started, But You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!

EPA RRP Costs

Legitimate and professional contractors seeking to level the playing field of doing business have been expressing their desire for enforcement of the new EPA RRP rule.  Their biggest gripe has been that those not following the rule maintain a pricing advantage because those who do comply must include the additional related overhead, material and labor costs.  This concern is further validated because the EPA so far has done little in the way of enforcement. 

 

EPA Ad

It will take time, but enforcement is on the way.  Momentum in this area will likely be caused by the residual effects of the RRP rule, not because the EPA chooses to ramp up its enforcement efforts.  Contractors and the EPA better get ready though.  Catalysts like the ones listed below are coming and will force contractors to comply. At the same time these catalysts will increase the number of violations reported to and requiring action by the EPA and or by those states that have assumed administration and enforcement of the rule.

The list below includes titles for several other articles previously posted to RRPedia.  Clicking on the titles will bring you to that article.  Rather than make this article extremely long, readers can pick and choose which articles they would like to read.  If you choose to read all or most of the articles, I suggest reading them in the order listed below.

 

Delegated States Likely Better Prepared To Enforce EPA RRP Rule

Doing EPA RRP Work?  OSHA Will Be Watching For You.

Uninformed and Nervous Neighbors Will Keep RRP Renovators on Their Toes

Insurance companies Rethinking Coverage and Premiums Due to EPA RRP Rule

Contractors and Subs Doing EPA RRP Work Will Need to Work Things Out

Property Values and Equity Will Drop as a Result of the EPA RRP Rule

Home Inspectors Will Help Spread The News About The EPA RRP Rule

Banks And Other Lenders Are Starting to Find Out About the EPA RRP Rule Too.

Tags: , , , ,

Comments

I'v been reading the RRP/EPA upates all along and I'm begining to ask the question, why does the goverment want to ruin so many law abiding contractors lives by threats and intimadation. It also occurred to me that there is a whole other group of people or entities that wish to pray on the contractors as well. Can some please make sense of this all.
Posted @ Sunday, December 19, 2010 7:42 AM by Vinnie
Vinnie, thanks for your comments. What is the other group of people or entities you are referring to?
Posted @ Sunday, December 19, 2010 10:33 AM by Shawn McCadden
Morning Shawn,  
 
I found an article in Bloomberg, dated Dec 8 about the lowering property values. The title is "Tax Appeals Swamp U.S. Cities, Towns as Property Prices Plunge. You might find it interesting. This thing with the RRP law is just starting to show its ugly head. As more people become aware of the ramifications of this, it should be something to watch. Thank you again for the hundreth time for keeping a vigil on this business nightmare. 
 
 
 
Chris
Posted @ Monday, December 20, 2010 8:36 AM by Christian Peter
Post Comment
Name
 *
Email
 *
Website (optional)
Comment
 *

Allowed tags: <a> link, <b> bold, <i> italics