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# The Design Builder's Blog
## [Free RRP Renovation Checklist Will Help You Document Work Practices](https://www.shawnmccadden.com/the-design-builders-blog/bid/101159/Free-RRP-Renovation-Checklist-Will-Help-You-Document-Work-Practices)
Posted by [Shawn McCadden](https://www.shawnmccadden.com/the-design-builders-blog/author/shawn-mccadden) on Thu, Dec 12,2013 @ 06:00 AM
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## **Free RRP Renovation Checklist Will Help You Estimate And Document RRP Work Practices**
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**One of the requirements of the RRP rule is that the certified firm must create and maintain documentation of the work practices used** on any renovation projects falling under the RRP Rule. EPA is not doing field inspections unless someone reports a violation of the rule. Rather, **EPA checks on a firm’s compliance with the rule through the required paperwork** a renovation contractor must create and keep on file.
It has come to my attention that **in addition to illegally operating businesses, even** **many RRP Certified firms are not doing this required paperwork.** That’s a big mistake with the potential of up to a $37,500 fine for not having the documentation if EPA does an audit. **Plus, if you don’t have any documentation to prove what you did do, you may be subject to additional fines** because you won’t be able to prove you used any of the required work practices while completing the work.
**Remember, the fine is up to $37,500 per day, per violation! Ouch!**
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### **Help with RRP implementation**
To help contractors out with implementing the RRP rule I will be presenting a half day **RRP Implementation Workshop **along with Mark Paskell of the **[Contractors Coaching Partnership.](https://www.thecontractorcoachingpartnership.com/) [The first workshop](https://www.shawnmccadden.com/RRP-Implementation-Workshop-for-contractors/)** will be held in Mansfield MA at National Lumber on January 7th, 2014 from 8AM -12:30 PM. **Additional dates and locations will be announced soon.**
At the workshop I will be sharing **a complete set of the required RRP documentation paperwork** with attendees. The paperwork bundle will include several custom forms I created to help contractors and their team members with RRP rule compliance.
### **The RRP paperwork bundle will include all the forms a renovator needs:**
> > - **Non-Certified Worker Training Documentation Form**
> > - **Lead Test Kit Documentation Form**
> > - **Paint Chip Sample Collection Form**
> > - **Occupant Pre-Renovation Notification Form**
> > - **Common Area Renovation Notice**
> > - **Record of Tenant Notification Procedures form**
> > - **Renovation Recordkeeping Checklist Form**
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### **About the free RRP renovation Checklist**
The form that I think will be most valuable to attendees is the Renovation Recordkeeping Checklist Form. **When I created this customized 3 page form I did it in a way such that the same form can be used in three different ways as follows:**
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> - **The estimator** can use it to help assess what work practices will need to be included in his estimated costs, for both interior and exterior projects.
> - **The production manager** can then use the same form to go over RRP work practices and containment requirements with the team doing the project.
> - **The certified renovator** can then use the same form to document what work practices were actually used.
> - Because of the design of the form, **employee are less likely to miss or forget what needs to be done** to be in and prove compliance.
At the workshop **I will be going over the forms and how to use them** to properly and accurately prove compliance with the rule. After doing so at previous workshops many of the **attendees said they found that RRP compliance and completing the required documentation was nowhere near as hard or as time consuming as they had imagined.** Plus, they found my forms to be easier to use and much more intuitive that the EPA sample forms.
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