# Presentation: 293276

## HUD’s Lead Safe Housing Rule (LSHR)

**HUD’s Lead Safe Housing Rule (LSHR)**
**24 CFR Part 35, subparts B-R**

## Why the Lead Safe Housing Rule?

**To protect children in Federally-assisted and Federally-owned housing**
**To ensure the viability of low-income housing**

## HUD’s Lead Safe Housing Rule

**24 CFR Part 35**
**Covers all Federally-assisted target housing and Federally owned housing being sold**
**Effective September 15, 2000**
**Requirements depend on type and amount of federal housing assistance**
**Volunteers often used in Federally funded:**
**Rehab programs**
**Homebuyer programs**

## Why is the LSHR Significant?

**Implements Sections 1012 and 1013 of Title X (“ten”) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992**
**Stresses **_**prevention**_** of lead poisoning by controlling **_**dust**_** associated with lead-based paint **
_***Affects other HUD programs (CDBG, HOME, etc.)***_

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**Notes:**
Overview :
This section discusses lead-safe work practices during renovation and remodeling. Specifically:

  Why lead-based paint is an issue during renovation and remodeling;

  The difference between lead hazard control (abatement) and       renovation and remodeling; and

  Components of a lead-safe work program.

## Typical Exemptions

**Post-1978 Housing**
**Zero-bedroom units**
**Housing exclusively for elderly or disabled**
**Property evaluated as free of lead-based paint (LBP) or where LBP was removed**
**Unoccupied property pending demolition or not in use**
**Rehab that does not disturb a painted surface is exempt**

## Historic Preservation Exemption

**If property is listed as historic, is eligible to be listed, or contributes to a historic district**
**When abatement is required, State Historic Preservation Officer may request interim controls be performed instead**
**Grantees application/enrollment process to ask if property is historic**
**Communicate with government historic preservation office **

## Three Basic Requirements

**Evaluation**
**Lead Hazard Control**
**Clearance**

## Step #1: Evaluation

_**Paint testing**_**- Testing lead content of:**
**Deteriorated paint**
**Painted surfaces to be disturbed or replaced**
_**Lead-based paint inspection**_** – Surface-by-surface investigation to determine presence of LBP and provision of report**
_**Risk assessment**_** – On-site investigation to identify the existence, nature, severity and location of LBP hazards and provision of report**
**All require EPA/State lead certification**
**Level of evaluation correlates to level of federal assistance**

## Risk Assessment

**Identification of LBP hazards**
**Includes**
**Visual inspection for deteriorated paint**
**Information on occupant use**
**Testing of deteriorated paint and possibly other surfaces**
**Dust sampling**
**Soil sampling**
**Report**
**Performed by a State- or EPA-certified risk assessor**
**40 CFR 745.227(d)**

## Lead Hazard Criteria for Risk Assessment

**Deteriorated paint**
**Lead in dust (clearance/risk assessment)**
**Floors****	****40****	********g/ft****2 **
**Interior window sills****	****250****	********g/ft****2 **
**Troughs****	****    400****	********g/ft****2**** (clearance) **
**Lead in bare soil (risk assessment)**
**Play areas****	****   400****	********g/g**
**Other soils****	****   1,200****	********g/g**

## Notice Requirements

**EPA (“blue”) Pamphlet, if not already provided**
**Notice of evaluation or presumption**
**Within 15 days of receipt of report**
**Notice of hazard reduction**
**Within 15 days of completion**
**24 CFR 35.125**

## Step #2: Lead Hazard Control

**Interim Controls **
**Paint stabilization**
**Option for Standard Treatments**
**Ongoing LBP Maintenance and Re-evaluation**
**Abatement  **
**Lead-Based Paint Hazards (rehab over $25,000)**
**Lead-Based Paint (only for Public Housing)**
**Refers to EPA 402 Rule (40 CFR 745) for work practice standards and certification requirements**
**Depends on Type and Amount of Federal Assistance**

## Prohibited Work Methods

**Open flame burning**
**Machine sanding or grinding without HEPA control**
**Abrasive blasting or sandblasting without HEPA control**
**Heat guns over 1,100****o**** F**
**Dry sanding or scraping (except with heat guns,  within 1 foot of electrical outlets or on areas less than 2 sq. ft.)**
**Hazardous volatile paint strippers ****(e.g., methylene chloride)**
- 24 CFR 35.140

## Interim Controls

**Intent is not to permanently eliminate LBP or LBP hazard(s)  *check State regs.**
**Activities include**
**Paint stabilization**
**Treating friction or impact surfaces**
**Chewable surfaces**
**Dust-lead hazard control**
**Soil-lead hazard control**

## Interim Controls, contd.

**Includes occupant protection **
**Clearance required except for very small amounts**
**Training in HUD-approved Lead Safe Work Practices course required (usually not certification)**
**Safe Work Practices***** *****and Clearance required**

## Paint Stabilization

**A type of Interim Control**
**Includes:**
**Substrate repair**
**Surface preparation methods; potentially hazardous**
**New paint**
- Ex:  Required when a unit receives greater than $5,000 unit in rehab assistance
**24 CFR 35.1330(b)**

## Abatement

**Intent is to permanently eliminate LBP or LBP hazard(s)****	*****Check State regs**
**Certified personnel**
**May be abatement of Lead-Based Paint or Lead-Based Paint Hazards**
**Methods include**
**Encapsulation, enclosure, component replacement or removal of paint**
**Paving or removal for soil**
**Clearance by inspector or risk assessor**
- 24 CFR 35.1325

## Step #3: Clearance

**Two Parts:**
**Visual Assessment**
**Dust sampling**
**Interim Dust Lead standards**
**Same as EPA in 403, Lead Hazard Identification Rule**
**Certified, or trained and supervised personnel**
**Inspector**
**Risk Assessor**
**Sampling Technician where allowed**

## Lead Clearance Criteria

**Deteriorated paint**
**Lead in dust (clearance)**
**Floors****	****40****	********g/ft****2 **
**Interior window sills****	****250****	********g/ft****2 **
**Troughs****	****400****	********g/ft****2**** (clearance)**
**Lead in bare soil**
**Replacement soil****	**** 400****	********g/g**

## A Word on “Visual Assessment”

**Not an Evaluation; provides no lead information**
**3 Uses:**
**In periodic inspections by PHA/HQS**
**To identify deteriorated paint needing paint stabilization**
**Part of clearance**
**To identify dust and debris**
**To identify deteriorated paint**
**In ongoing LBP Maintenance by owner**
**To identify failed hazard reductions**
**To identify deteriorated paint**

## Safe Work Practices, Sec. 35.1350

**Required during:**
**Ongoing LBP Maintenance**
**Paint stabilization**
**Rehab (<$5,000)**
**Standard treatments**
**Prohibited methods Sec. 35.140**
**Occupant protection and worksite preparation Sec. 35.1345**
**Specialized cleaning  Sec. 35.1350(c)**
**De minimis levels Sec. 35.1350 (d)**
**	****	****	****	****	****	****	**
- 24 CFR 35.1350

## De Minimis Levels

**Work which disturbs less than**
**20 square feet on exterior surfaces**
**2 square feet in any one interior room or space**
**10 percent of **_**total **_**surface area of interior or exterior component **_**type**_** with a small area (sills, baseboards, etc.)**
**Exception to Safe Work Practices and Clearance**
- 24 CFR 35.1350

## Up to $5,000 per unit hard costs
Paint testing and repair
Use Lead Safe Work Practices (LSWP)
Clearance
$5,000 up to $25,000
Risk assessment
Interim Controls 
Clearance
Over $25,000 per unit
Risk Assessment
Abatement of all identified LBP Hazards (Not all LBP)
Clearance

**Paint testing and repair**
**Use Lead Safe Work Practices (LSWP)**
**Clearance**
**$5,000 up to $25,000**
**Risk assessment**
**Interim Controls **
**Clearance**
**Over $25,000 per unit**
**Risk Assessment**
**Abatement of all identified LBP Hazards (Not all LBP)**
**Clearance**

**Subpart J: Rehabilitation**

## Hard costs
Only the lead hazard control activities on projects greater than $25K are considered abatement 
Not the entire scope of work
It’s Abatement When:
Court order
Regulatory requirement
Specification or contract document
Abatement method used and cost categorized as lead cost
Additional information provided in Contractor Capacity Session

**Only the **_**lead hazard control activities**_** on projects greater than $25K are considered abatement **
**Not the entire scope of work**
**It’s Abatement When:**
**Court order**
**Regulatory requirement**
**Specification or contract document**
**Abatement method used and cost categorized as lead cost**
**Additional information provided in Contractor Capacity Session**

**Subpart J: Requirements**