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Contractors Sound Off About RRP Rule and Dust Wipe Amendment

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Contractors Sound Off About RRP Rule and Dust Wipe Amendment

 

RRP NewsThanks to PR activities by NARI, Wall Street Journal Blogger Sarah E. Needleman wrote a blog regarding the increased costs to both contractors and homeowners related to the RRP rule and the potential additional increase in costs should the EPA go forward with its proposed Dust Wipe Clearance amendment.  The article is just one of very few where the media has really taken the time to understand the impact of the RRP rule and provide accurate information for their readers.  Kudos to Needleman!

 

The blog was posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:35PM.   At the time of writing this, exactly 24 hours later to the minute, there were already over 80 comments left by contractors expressing their opinions and concerns about the rule as well as their disappointment in our government for allowing such a shortsighted regulation. 

RRP Contractor sounds offMany point out that one of the consequences of the rule is that now more children have been put at risk for lead poisoning; for two reasons.  The first is due to the fact that illegally operating contractors are under-bidding compliant contractors because they are ignoring the required lead-safe work practices and therefore creating lead hazards.  The second is that homeowners are either doing the work themselves and or doing the demolition stage of the work themselves to avoid the added costs related to the rule’s required lead-safe work practices.

 

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I encourage all contractors to check out the blog and leave a comment of their own.  NARI will be using the comments in their efforts to provide evidence of the rule’s impact and negative consequences as they meet with government officials and politicians in their efforts to get the EPA to recognize its shortsighted approaches to the rule. 

Also, I encourage you to check out this RRPedia post for a list of additional ways the rule will affect contractors, homeowners and our great country.  Please consider forwarding a link to this RRPedia blog post to other contractors and homeowners and ask they read about the consequences of the rule; then use what they have learned to add comments at Needleman’s blog.

 

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The additional cost of working as a qualified RRP contractor will be approximately 12-15%. My bigger concern is the cost of the additional insurance rider which was quoted to me at $2500.00 per year. This will have to be added to the percentage listed above.
Posted @ Saturday, June 25, 2011 6:05 PM by Scott Smith
Great article Shawn. I might add another consequence, is that alot of contractors even though they are trained are going to shy away from doing any jobs where children are present. The contractor has no way of knowing if the child already has elevated blood lead level, and if contractor does a remodel job and the child gets tested for ebll's after the job is done--the liability will fall directely on the contractor, partly because of this rule. The only liability protection this rule offers is that if you follow the rules, you cant be fined by the very agency that created the rule. The EPA has never stated;  
 
“The contractor, by following these rules, will contain all the lead dust he/she created doing your project, and cannot be held liable for any other past, present or future lead contamination or exposure.” 
 
Posted @ Sunday, June 26, 2011 8:38 AM by Ray C
The additional costs BEFORE this new "rule" was brought up is enough to put too many people out of business. Safe lead practices are needed but realistic measures should be in place, not rules that hinder the homeowner as well as the sub-contractors.
Posted @ Monday, June 27, 2011 7:23 AM by Patty Kirouac
Hi, July 15th is fast approaching and does anyone know the status of the wipe test ruling? and who do we write to express our concerns. Is there a form letter out there we can use?
Posted @ Monday, July 11, 2011 5:53 PM by Vinnie S.
Ray C. has a great point that we have no way of knowing what the lead level is in any child living in a pre-1978 home before starting a renovation.  
 
Also, without doing lead testing prior to starting a renovation there is no way to know if there is already lead contamination in that home. If required to lead test "after" renovations you will want to lead test "before" starting renovations, or you could be paying to clean up lead dust that you didn't create.
Posted @ Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:33 AM by Denise W.
Vinnie: 
 
No ststus yet from EPA, but the buzz is they will plow forward with the a,mendment dispite the feedback from the industry aan the regulated community. I found this info this morning regarding how you can help by expressing your opinion: 
 
Responding to concerns from NAHB Remodelers, affiliated trade groups and other contractors in his home state and the rest of the country, Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) is putting additional pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency to make much-needed improvements to the Lead: Repair, Renovation and Painting rule. 
 
During a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, July 12, Rehberg will offer an amendment to the Department of the Interior’s appropriations bill that would make it more difficult for the EPA to enforce the rule by restricting its funding until the agency approves a test kit that meets the “false positive” and “false negative” criteria stated in the regulation. 
 
NAHB is asking its members to immediately urge members of the Appropriations Committee to support Rehberg’s amendment by calling or emailing their offices. The representatives can be reached through the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121. For emails, go to the congressmen's websites, which can be found by Googling their names.
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