I was thinking about having my windows replaced later this year. I might have to ask for quotes for the full job and for just doing the window installation in 8 holes where the windows used to be so the installer doesn’t disturb any lead surfaces (just ignore all those paint chips and glass shards on the ground outside)
This is also covered in
http://www.theusmat.com/
With links to HUD and Dist 5 EPA as well as comments from a trade group.
This is pure central government socialist thinking.Its has nothing to do with “saving the children”. Its has to do with expanding their turf. It inhibits creative methods of getting rid of the problem including removing the questioned trim and sending the trim off (if one wishes to refinish it) to a specialized tratment center.
Who the hell is going to stand there, garbed in approved protective clothing which you don’t need to remove the stuff, and sand painted wood work down to its original grain ? If there is a wall coated with the stuff.. Encapsulate it. Cover it, that coating isn’t going anywhere.
All these EPA people think about is increasing the size of government employment and preserving their turf. They have no idea what they’re doing. Many buildings before and till 1978, which is an arbitrary number by the way, have since been remodeled and probably have no lead based paint but they fall into that category.
What is even worse the suppositions the EPA offers. With the exception of sanding lead based paint. Where is the science behind requiring all the precautions and procedures the EPA claims are needed when doing remodeling with the stuff.
It now falls upon local juristictions to enforce these “unfunded mandates” and fill out their paperwork and build up the bureacracies to enforce regulations comming from the Amerikan Kremlin the DC central government.
If there is a change in Congress I hope somebody calls these EPA hotshots to the stand and asks them (1)Besides getting “gratuties” If they have stock or money in these “approved” companys and organizations their recomending. (2) If they have friends or relatives workinmg for them (3) Cuts their budgets down to size and (4)require every new regulation be accompanied by an impact study which includes possible unintended consequences from the industry involved.