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  **Lead-Based Paint Provisions for Major CPD Programs**

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**A. [Applicable Statute]{.underline}.** For all the requirements
identified below, except disclosure, the applicable statute is Section
1012 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992.
The Act is informally known as Title X (\"ten\") because it is Title X
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. (Section 1013,
which is sometimes mentioned in discussions of HUD\'s lead regulations,
covers disposition of HUD-owned properties.)

The applicable statute for the disclosure requirement is the Section
1018 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992.

Note: Throughout this document, section references in 24 CFR Part 35 are
indicated by the prefixed symbol "§."

**B. [Disclosure to Buyers and Lessees.]{.underline}**

**Programs**: All programs that are the seller or lessor of pre-1978
residential housing units.

**Statute**: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, Section
1018 (HUD-assisted properties).

**Regulations**: Lead Disclosure Rule (24 CFR Part 35, Subpart A); CPD
regulations (24 CFR 91.227(b)(7), 92.355(c)(3)(iv), 92.508(a)(7)(vi),
511.15, 570.461, 570.487(c), 570.608, 574.635, 576.57(c), 582.305(a),
583.330(d), 585.502, etc.)

**Notes**: CPD programs incorporated The Lead Disclosure Rule (24 CFR
35, Subpart A) through the conforming regulations listed above for CDBG,
HOME, Rental Rehabilitation Grant Program, HOPWA, Shelter Plus Care,
Emergency Shelter Grants, Supportive Housing, and Youthbuild.

The program being monitored must ensure that when the program buys,
sells, leases or offers for lease pre-1978 property: 1) all available
information known to the lessor or seller about lead-based paint and
lead-based paint hazards at the property is disclosed; 2) the Federal
lead information pamphlet and the lead warning statement are provided to
the buyer or lessor; and, 3) when the program is the seller, it is
required to provide prospective buyers an opportunity (10 days or as
otherwise negotiated) to obtain a lead-based paint evaluation
(inspection or risk assessment) of the property. The Lead Safe Housing
Rule requires that occupants receive the Federal lead information
pamphlet (§ 35.910, 35.1010 and 35.1210) unless the designated party can
document the pamphlet had already been provided in accordance with the
disclosure or the EPA Pre-Renovation Education Rule requirement.

C.  **[Notices to Residents.]{.underline}**

    **Programs**: All programs providing housing assistance to pre-1978
    residential housing units.

    **Statute**: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation**: Lead Safe Housing Rule, Notice of evaluation and
    hazard reduction activities (§35.125).

    **Notes**: The program being monitored must ensure that occupants of
    housing participating in the program receive all required
    notification about lead-based paint evaluation and hazard reduction
    activities, and that the notices be readily available to occupants.

    There is an exception for minimal (\"de minimis\") amounts of
    deteriorated paint or of paint being disturbed by lead hazard
    control work (e.g., during rehabilitation or maintenance) specified
    by the Rule \[§35.1350(d)\]. For de minimis amounts, notice to
    residents, lead safe work practices and a clearance examination
    after the hazard reduction work are not required. The de minimis
    amounts are for painted surfaces that total up to:

> 20 square feet on exterior surfaces;
>
> 2 square feet in any one interior room or space; or
>
> 10 percent of the total surface area on an interior or exterior type
> of component with a small surface area, such as windowsills,
> baseboards, and trim. (Note: This amount should not be interpreted as
> applying to 0 percent of the total exterior surface area of the
> dwelling unit.)

D.  **[Visual Assessment of Paint Condition.]{.underline}**

    **Programs**: CPD-funded Acquisition, Leasing, Support Services and
    Operations; Tenant-Based Rental Assistance

    **Statute**: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation**: Acquisition, Leasing, Support Services and
    Operations: §35.1015.

    Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA): §35.1215, 35.1355(a)(2).
    Note: Subpart M of the Lead Safe Housing Rule, Tenant-Based Rental
    Assistance, applies only to units occupied, or expected to be
    occupied, by a child under age six. For tenant-based rental
    assistance provided under the HOME program, visual assessment shall
    be conducted as part of the initial and periodic inspection under
    §92.209(i) of the HOME program regulation.

    **Notes**: The program must ensure that units are visually assessed
    for paint condition. The visual assessment must include the
    interior, exterior and common areas of the property. Homebuyer
    assistance involving properties that were constructed prior to 1978
    are subject to this requirement. In properties receiving
    tenant-based rental assistance, the visual assessment is performed
    during the initial and periodic physical inspection (§35.1355(a)(2))
    and the results of the visual assessments are noted on the HUD
    initial and periodic inspection form (see previous paragraph.) If
    areas of deteriorated paint are identified, they are considered
    violations of the housing quality standards. These HQS violations
    must be addressed and cleared according to programmatic
    requirements.

    Individuals performing visual assessments must be trained in a
    classroom as a certified lead-based paint inspector or risk
    assessor, in a visual assessment short course, or by taking and
    passing the HUD on-line visual assessment module posted at:
    [www.hud.gov/offices/lead/training/training_curricula.cfm](../www.hud.gov/offices/lead/training/training_curricula.cfm).

    All affected programs must present evidence that appropriately
    trained individuals are performing visual assessments.

    **E. [Paint Testing or Presumption of Lead-Based Paint; Risk
    Assessment or Presumption of Lead-Based Paint
    Hazards.]{.underline}**

    **Programs**: CDBG, HOME, Youthbuild, SHP, any other CPD program
    performing residential rehabilitation of pre-1978 housing units.

    **Statute**: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation**: Lead Safe Housing Rule, Subpart J, Rehabilitation:
    §35.930; Standard treatments option: §35.120(a); Paint testing
    option, §35.120(d).

    **Notes**: All painted surfaces to be disturbed during
    rehabilitation must be tested for lead content, regardless of the
    amount of funding provided (§35.930(a)), except as discussed below.
    The remaining requirements are grouped into three "tiers" based on
    the amount of rehabilitation assistance provided per unit. The
    stringency of the lead requirements increases with the average
    amount of federal rehabilitation assistance per unit. An option
    exists for the program participant to skip the paint testing and
    presume the paint is lead-based paint (§35.120(d)).

    A lead risk assessment is required for CPD-funded rehabilitation
    projects exceeding \$5,000 average federal rehabilitation assistance
    per unit (§35.930), except as discussed below. This includes the
    residential buildings, soil, garages, fences and other structures to
    which a child may have access. Restricting resident access does not
    substitute for performing risk assessments of portions of the
    property. Lead risk assessments must be performed by EPA- or
    State-certified risk assessors, and reports must generated which
    meet EPA's requirements under 40 CFR Part 745.227(d) or the
    corresponding State regulation. (This is required by §35.1320(b),
    which is cited by §35.930(c)(2) for assistance over \$5,000 and up
    to \$25,000 per unit, and by §35.930(d)(2) for assistance over
    \$25,000 per unit.) An option exists for the program participant to
    skip the risk assessment and presume that lead-based paint hazards
    are present throughout the property (§35.120(a)).

    Note that HUD does [not]{.underline} require CPD program
    participants to perform the following lead-based paint activities:
    lead-based paint inspections, combination inspections/risk
    assessments, responses to lead-poisoned children (except for
    tenant-based rental assistance). If a program participant produces
    evidence that these activities were performed, it may indicate that
    program staff have misunderstood or misapplied the actual lead-based
    requirements or that it is performing unnecessary lead activities.
    Alternatively, if the program participant provides evidence that the
    lead-based paint inspection or, combination inspections/risk
    assessments were part of a documented program for identifying
    properties or portions of properties that may be exempt from some or
    all Lead Safe Housing Rule requirements, and that it was monitoring
    the increased lead evaluation costs against the decreased lead
    hazard control costs, it may be performing in an appropriate, or
    even exemplary manner. Reviewers are also cautioned that State lead
    regulations may require these lead activities. Reviewers must be
    familiar with and assess the program's lead requirements to make
    these types of determinations.

    Also Item K, Ongoing Lead-Based Paint Maintenance, for an
    explanation of paint testing in this context.

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F.  **[Lead Hazard Reduction.]{.underline}**

    **Programs**: CDBG and HOME homebuyer programs (downpayment
    assistance, closing cost assistance, loan guarantee, PMI assistance,
    subsidized interest rates, finance acquisition);

    CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, SHP, S+C, ESG programs (acquisition, leasing of
    residential property, support services or funds for operations such
    as Special Needs programs);

    All CPD-funded rehabilitation programs;

    HOME-funded tenant-based rental assistance.

    **Statute**: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation**: Acquisition, Leasing, Support Services and
    Operations: §35.1015;

    Rehabilitation: §§35.930;

    Tenant-Based Rental Assistance: §35.1215.

    **Notes**: As stated in subsection D, above, the lead hazard control
    requirements for rehabilitation depend on the amount of federal
    rehabilitation assistance provided per unit. The three-tier
    structure is based on the level of assistance, so program
    participants should present evidence to support correct calculations
    of this number. Reviewers should spot-check calculations of the
    level of assistance to ensure the program participant is performing
    these calculations correctly. Reviewing this item will also rule out
    a pattern of under-estimating the value of work to be performed to
    ensure lesser requirements. (See the Rule\'s Interpretive Guidance,
    June 21, 2005, at
    [www.hud.gov/offices/lead/leadsaferule/index.cfm](http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/leadsaferule/index.cfm),
    item J3.)

    Federally funded rehabilitation assistance of pre-1978 units up to
    \$5,000 per unit requires that program participants repair paint
    that has been disturbed. If the assistance is greater than \$5,000
    per unit, the entire property is evaluated by a risk assessment. If
    the assistance is greater than \$5,000 and not more than \$25,000
    per unit, all lead hazards are addressed by interim controls using
    lead safe work practices. Above this amount, abatement (permanent
    elimination) of all [lead hazards]{.underline} identified by the
    risk assessment is required. Lead hazard reduction must be performed
    in a manner consistent with the findings in the risk assessment
    report (§35.1320).

    On projects exceeding the \$25,000 per unit threshold, HUD does not
    require that all lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards must
    be removed from the property. At this level of assistance, the
    regulation requires only that all identified [lead
    hazards]{.underline} must be abated on the property. Until a risk
    assessment report provides the list of LBP hazards on the property,
    the decision not to fund to a specific level is premature. For
    example, a property may only contain lead-based paint on its
    exterior doors and abatement (replacement) of the doors can be
    performed in a very cost-effective manner. Withholding
    rehabilitation assistance because of the abatement may not be
    programmatically justified, or even legal, in all cases. (See Fair
    Housing Issue discussion in Section 24-11, below.)

    CPD program participants make choices about how to run their
    program.

    -   For example, OHHLHC understands that in some cases, units may
        require extensive abatement activities, and rehabilitation of
        that specific unit may not be cost-effective for the program or
        owner. The program participant may occasionally wish to refer
        the owner to other, less restrictive, sources of rehabilitation
        assistance. However, if a program participant has a blanket
        practice or policy not to provide rehabilitation assistance at
        the \$25,000 or above per unit level for the sole purpose of
        avoiding compliance with the lead-based paint requirements, the
        reviewer should investigate how this policy was developed and
        discuss the merits of this practice.

    -   A reviewer may also investigate why a program participant has
        repeatedly phased work to create two or more projects with
        lesser lead-based paint requirements.

G.  **[Lead Safe Work Practices.]{.underline}**

    **Programs**: All CPD-funded programs in pre-1978 housing;
    TBRA-assisted units applicable only to units occupied, or expected
    to be occupied, by a child under age six.

    **Statute**: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation**: General requirements, §35.1350

    Rehabilitation: §§35.930, 35.935

    Acquisition, Leasing, Support Services, or Operation: §35.1015

    Tenant-Based Rental Assistance: §35. 215(b)

    **Notes**: Trained (or certified) workers (§35.1330) using lead safe
    work practices must perform all construction work (above minimal
    amounts of paint disturbance) where lead-based paint is known or
    presumed present (§35.1350). Program participants' requirements that
    workers use lead safe work practices should be documented in
    contracts, work write-ups, site visit reports and/or a contractor
    certification that safe work practices were used. The regulation
    also prohibits certain work practices on known or presumed LBP, such
    as dry sanding or dry scraping unless required for electrical
    safety, or machine sanding, grinding, abrasive blasting or
    sandblasting without a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) local
    exhaust control (§35.140).

    **H. [Volunteer Labor.]{.underline}** For programs using volunteer
    labor to conduct paint repair or interim controls on a CPD-funded
    project, the volunteers must use lead safe work practices. However,
    a HUD-approved interim controls training program is not required for
    volunteers. HUD has produced a short educational video on lead
    safety for rehabilitation volunteers titled, "Five Keys to Lead
    Safety: Volunteers Opening Doors," which is available from the
    EPA/HUD/CDC National Lead Information Center at 1-800-424-LEAD.

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I.  **[Qualified Interim Control Workers.]{.underline}**

    **Programs:** All CPD programs performing rehabilitation, repair,
    renovation, or maintenance in pre-1978 housing units, or disturbing
    LBP.

    **Statute:** Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation:** Lead Safe Housing Rule, §1330.

    **Notes**: The Rule specifies the qualifications of workers who
    perform interim controls, which include paint stabilization,
    rehabilitation, ongoing LBP maintenance and the use of safe work
    practices \[§35.1330(a)(4)\]. Qualifications also apply to workers
    performing standard treatments, which is a specific set of
    treatments in a unit designed to treat all possible hazards.

    When a presumption is made that all paint is LBP and all possible
    LBP hazards exist, no risk assessment is required such that no
    specific hazards are identified for treatment. Therefore, standard
    treatments are often performed in lieu of interim controls when LBP
    and LBP hazards are presumed. Standard treatments are generally
    equivalent to interim controls from the standpoint of worker
    qualification, use of safe work practices and clearance. The Lead
    Safe Housing Rule requires that lead abatement shall be performed in
    accordance with EPA requirements at 40 CFR 745.227(e). This
    regulation includes a provision that only certified abatement
    workers, certified supervisors and certified firms may perform lead
    abatement (§35.1325; see Item H, Certified Persons, below.)

    When the Lead Safe Housing Rule became final in 2000, some housing
    agencies expressed a lack of capacity of trained and certified
    workers. Lack of capacity or training providers is not an acceptable
    reason for failing to train or certify workers. On the other hand,
    if a program participant is only required to perform paint repair or
    interim controls which are low-risk lead tasks, a decision to use
    abatement workers will result in increased costs and waste of HUD
    resources. Unless a State requires abatement personnel for these
    tasks, lead-trained (not certified) individuals should perform all
    CPD-funded activities that disturb LBP. Many rehabilitation
    contractors have been successfully cross-trained in lead safe work
    practices to reduce the number of contractors needed for a project.

    Programs must ensure that appropriately trained or qualified workers
    perform all CPD-funded work. Project files should reflect worker
    training and/or qualifications as well (in rehabilitation contracts,
    contractor certifications, or other appropriate documentation).

J.  **[Certified Persons.]{.underline}**

    **Programs:** All CPD programs performing risk assessments,
    abatement, or clearance examinations after paint stabilization,
    interim controls or abatement in pre-1978 target housing units.

    **Statute:** Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation:** Lead Safe Housing Rule, certification requirements:

> Lead-based paint inspections: §35.1320(a)

Risk assessments: §35.1320(b)(1)

Abatement: §35.1325

Clearance examinations: §35.1340(a) and (b)

**Notes**: The Rule references the EPA lead training and certification
regulation (40 CFR 745) which requires that persons conducting
lead-based paint inspections, risk assessments, lead abatement, and
clearance examinations after abatement be certified by the EPA or, if
EPA has authorized a State or Tribe to do so, by the State or Tribe\'s
lead certification program. A certified abatement supervisor must
supervise abatement workers, unless the workers are themselves certified
supervisors. In addition, for States where EPA operates the
certification program, the firm employing the abatement workers and
supervisors must itself be certified. This is almost always the case as
well for States or Tribes that operate certification programs, although
some States may have different names and descriptions for their lead
disciplines.

The Rule also requires that only a certified lead-based paint inspector
or certified risk assessor conduct clearance examinations after
rehabilitation or interim control work above minimal (\"de minimis\")
amounts. (There is an exception to this, regarding sampling technicians,
which is discussed in subsection J, Clearance.)

Program must ensure that certified persons working for certified firms
perform all CPD-funded activities that require lead certification.
Project files should reflect certifications as well (in rehabilitation
contracts, contractor certifications, or other appropriate
documentation).

K.  **[Occupant Protection.]{.underline}**

    **Program:** All CPD programs performing construction in pre-1978
    housing units, or disturbing LBP.

    **Statute:** Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation:** Lead Safe Housing Rule, Occupant protection and
    worksite preparation, §35.1345

    **Notes:** The program being monitored must ensure that occupants of
    housing participating in the program are adequately protected from
    the hazards of lead-based paint during lead hazard reduction
    activities, such as rehabilitation and ongoing maintenance covered
    by the Lead Safe Housing Rule. Occupant protection requires
    restricting occupants' access to the worksite and requires temporary
    relocation to a unit free of lead hazards except for the following
    cases: 1) treatment will not disturb LBP; 2) only the exterior of
    the dwelling is treated, and windows, doors, ventilation intakes and
    other openings are sealed during work; 3) treatment of the interior
    will be completed within one 8-hour work period; 4) treatment of the
    interior will be completed within 5 calendar days, the worksite is
    adequately contained, and occupants have safe access to kitchen,
    bathroom and sleeping areas; 5) unit is secured, occupants'
    belongings are protected from contamination, and warning signs are
    posted. Piling belongings in the center of the room and covering
    with plastic sheeting is not allowable. Some programs have no
    relocation funds, but in order to work in specific units, these
    programs sometimes suggest to resident families that they stay with
    relatives or make other arrangements for temporary housing during
    lead hazard control work.

    Section 35.1345 outlines the requirements for protecting occupants
    and their belongings. Programs must determine when relocation is
    required and to relocate people appropriately to lead safe units.
    The occupant protection section does not exempt the elderly from
    this relocation requirement. However, CPD has adopted a policy that
    elderly residents need not be relocated if they sign an elderly
    relocation waiver form (see Compliance Toolkit for sample form.)

    Signs must be posted to warn workers of lead hazards in accordance
    with the OSHA lead in construction standard (29 CFR 1926.62(m)), as
    required by §35.1345(b)(2). This signage requirement should appear
    in construction contracts for work in pre-1978 housing units.

    Project files should include documentation of relocation (e.g., an
    occupant agreement, identification of the relocation unit, dates
    relocated and returned to unit) as well as the protection of the
    occupants' belongings (e.g., in the rehabilitation contract, the
    owner's agreement, or other appropriate document).

    Program participants must provide evidence to the reviewer that
    families whose units are being treated are temporarily relocated,
    when required, or the families and their belongings are protected
    when relocation is not required.

L.  **[Clearance.]{.underline}**

    **Program:** CPD-funded Rehabilitation; Acquisition, Leasing,
    Support Services or Operation; TBRA.

    **Statute:** Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation:** Lead Safe Housing Rule, General requirements,
    §35.1340; CPD-funded Rehabilitation (§35.930); Acquisition, Leasing,
    Support Services or Operation (§35.1015); TBRA \[35.1215(b)\].

    **Notes:** When rehabilitation, interim control, ongoing
    maintenance, or abatement work is done on surface areas above
    minimal (\"de minimis\") amounts, and the surfaces are known or
    presumed to have lead-based paint, clearance is required after the
    work. General requirements for clearance can be found at 24 CFR
    §35.1340. The clearance report is an important document. All
    clearance reports must meet the requirements of §35.1340(2)(c), and
    must be available to program staff and occupants. For Subpart J
    (rehabilitation), the program participant routinely receives the
    clearance reports. For Subpart K (acquisition, etc.), clearance
    after paint stabilization is usually completed before occupancy,
    but, if it occurs during occupancy, paint stabilization and
    clearance must be conducted immediately after receipt of housing
    assistance. In either case, whether the program or new owner
    performs clearance, a report must be available for program staff's
    review. For Subpart M (TBRA), the owner or program must provide a
    copy of the clearance report if the reviewer requests it.

    Qualifications of Clearance Examiner: Most States require that
    inspectors or risk assessors perform all clearance exams, whether
    for abatement or non-abatement projects. On non-abatement projects,
    some States allow sampling technicians to perform clearance
    examinations. HUD allows clearance of a non-abatement project by a
    State licensed sampling technician; or a sampling technician trained
    in the EPA sampling technician course or a similar course, who is
    supervised by a certified inspector or risk assessor
    \[§35.1340(b)(1)(iii) and (iv)\].

    Programs must ensure that clearance is routinely performed and
    passed. Project files must include clearance reports. Reviewers
    should spot-check files for evidence that the individuals performing
    clearances are qualified.

M.  **[Ongoing Lead-Based Paint Maintenance.]{.underline}**

    **Programs**: CPD-funded programs where the owner has an ongoing
    relationship with the Department, such as HOME-funded rehabilitation
    or HOME-funded (TBRA).

    **Statute**: Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation:** General Requirements: §35.1355

> HOME: §35.935

TBRA: §35.1220.

**Notes:** For HOME Rental properties, ongoing LBP maintenance is
required after rehabilitation, because there is an ongoing relationship
with the owner. In such instances, program staff should be able to
describe how they ensure that ongoing maintenance using lead-safe work
practices occurs and is documented (§35.1355).

Ongoing LBP maintenance requires that a visual assessment be performed
at turnover and every twelve months; all deteriorated paint be
stabilized, bare soil treated and any failed lead treatments repaired;
occupants of each dwelling unit be asked in writing to report
deteriorated paint and, if applicable, the failure of encapsulation or
enclosure \[§35.1355(a)(7)\], and the owner (or other designated party)
respond to such reports within 30 days. Clearance testing is required at
the conclusion of all repairs, abatement or interim controls
(§35.1355(a)(6)) above the minimal (\"de minimis\") amounts.

An important requirement of this ongoing maintenance section is that
lead safety procedures be incorporated into a building owner's regular
maintenance practices. Program participants should provide evidence to
the reviewer that the program requires owners to incorporate lead
measures into their regular maintenance procedures. Owners should
provide lead safety training for maintenance workers, post warning signs
as needed, and routinely perform clearance testing following all but
minimal maintenance activities that disturb lead-based paint.

Also, §92.504 requires that housing must meet the program standards in
both §92.251 and Part 35.

As part of ongoing LBP maintenance, owners may elect to test areas of
paint to be disturbed during maintenance. If a painted area to be
disturbed is tested and proven not to be LBP, the owner need not perform
ongoing LBP maintenance on that surface.

N.  **[Environmental Intervention Blood Lead Levels.]{.underline}**

    **Program**: HOME-funded TBRA.

    **Statute:** Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act,
    Section 1012 (HUD-assisted properties).

    **Regulation**: TBRA §35.1225

    **Notes:** For all HUD TBRA programs, when a child under age 6 with
    an "environmental intervention blood lead level," or EIBLL, is
    identified, the steps outlined at 24 CFR 35.1225 are required. An
    EIBLL is at least 20 micrograms of lead per deciliter (*µ*g/dL) for
    a single test, or 15‑19 *µ*g/dL in two tests taken at least 3 months
    apart. The environmental intervention steps required of the
    designated party include:

\(a\) Risk Assessment. Completing a risk assessment of the child\'s
dwelling unit and the common areas servicing the unit within 15 days,
and immediately providing the risk assessment report to the owner
(unless a public health department or the designated party has already
conducted a risk assessment since the child\'s most recent blood
sampling).

\(b\) Verification. After receiving information from a source other than
a public health department or other medical health care provider that a
child of less than 6 years of age living in an assisted dwelling unit
may have an EIBLL, immediately verifying the information with a public
health department or other medical health care provider.

\(c\) Hazard reduction. Within 30 days after receiving the EIBLL risk
assessment report, completing interim control or abatement of identified
lead-based paint hazards. Failing to do this puts the dwelling unit in
violation of Housing Quality Standards (HQS).

\(d\) Notice of evaluation and hazard reduction. Notifying building
residents of any evaluation or hazard reduction activities in their
units or common areas servicing their units.

\(e\) Reporting. Reporting the name and address of a child identified as
having an EIBLL to the public health department within 5 working days of
being so notified by any other medical health care professional.

\(f\) Data collection and record keeping. At least quarterly, asking
local public health department(s) for the names and/or addresses of
children under age 6 with EIBLLs; reporting an updated list of the
addresses of units receiving TBRA to each pertinent health department;
and matching names and addresses of EIBLL children with the names and
addresses of families receiving TBRA, unless the public health
department does this. Carrying out the environmental intervention if a
match occurs.

The program must ensure that these environmental intervention
requirements are met.