LBP Management Act OKLAHOMA LEAD

- BASED PAINT MANAGEMENT ACT § 2

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- 101. Short title Sections 1 through 11 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Lead

- based Paint Management Act". § 2

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- 102. Definitions For the purposes of t he Oklahoma Lead

- based Paint Management Act: 1. "Abatement" means any set of measures designed to permanently eliminate lead

- based paint hazards in accordance with standards established by the Board. The term abatement includes but is not limited to: a. the removal of lead

- based paint and lead

- contaminated dust, the permanent containment or encapsulation of lead

- based paint, the replacement of lead

- painted surfaces or fixtures, and the removal or covering of lead

- contaminated soil, and b. all preparation, cleanup, disposal and postabatement clearance testing activities associated with such measures; 2. "Board" means the Environmental Quality Board; 3. "Certified lead

- based paint contractor" means any individual who is certified by the Dep artment as a lead

- based paint reduction contractor, inspector

or hazard evaluator or a combination thereof; 4. "Certified lead

- based paint specialist" means a lead

- based paint specialist certified by the Department; 5. "Child

- occupied facility" means a building or portion of a building constructed prior to 1978, which is visited by a child, 6 years of age or younger for at least three (3) hours in one day on two (2) or more days in the same week, when the combined visiting time for that child to tals six (6)

or more hours in one week and at least sixty (60) hours in one year. The designated weekly period for this calculation begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. The term "child

- occupied facility" may include, but is not limited to, day

care center, preschools and kindergarten classrooms; 6. "Deleading" means activities conducted by a lead

- based paint contractor or specialist who offers to eliminate lead

- based paint or lead

- based paint hazards or to plan such activities; 7. "Departmen t" means the Department of Environmental Quality; 8. "Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality; 9. "Federally assisted housing" means residential dwellings receiving project

- based assistance pursuant to programs including, but not limited to: a. Section 221(d)(3) or 236 of the National Housing Act, b. Section 1 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, c. Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, or d. Sections 502(a), 504, 514, 515, 516 and 533 of the Housing Act of 1949;10. "Federally owned housing" means residential dwellings owned or managed by the federal agency, or for which a federal agency is a trustee or conservator. The term federal agency includes the federal Dep artment of Housing and Urban Development, the Farmers Home Administration, the Resolution Trust Corporation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of the Interior, the federal Department of Transportation, and
any other federal agency; 11. "Hazard evaluation" means an on

- site investigation process established by the rules of the Board to determine and report the existe nce, nature, severity, and location of lead

- based paint hazards in residential dwellings. For purposes of this act, the term hazard evaluation shall be synonymous with the term risk assessment as used in Title X of the Residential Lead

- based Paint Ha zard Reduction Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C. 4851 et seq., Public Law No. 102

- 550; 12. "Interim controls" means a set of measures designed to temporarily reduce human exposure or likely exposure to lead

- based paint hazards, including specialized cleaning, repairs, maintenance, painting, temporary containment, ongoing monitoring of lead

- based paint hazards or potential hazards, and the establishment and operation of management and resident education programs; 13. "Lead

- based paint" means paint or other surface coatings that contain lead in excess of 1.0 milligrams per centimeter squared or 0.5 percent by weight or: a. in the case of paint or other surface coatings in target housing, such lower level as may be established by the United States Secret ary of Housing and Urban Development, as defined in Section 302(c) of the federal Lead

- based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act, or b. in the case of any other paint or surface coatings, such other level
as may be established by the Board; 14. "Lead

- ba sed paint activities" means: a. in the case of public property and private property, hazard evaluation assessment, inspection, deleading and abatement of lead sources or lead

based paint, lead

- based paint hazards, lead

- contaminated dust, or lead

cont aminated soil, and demolition, and b. in the case of any public building constructed before 1978, commercial building, bridge, or other structure or superstructure, identification oflead

- based paint and materials containing lead

- based paint, delead ing, removal of lead from bridges and demolition; 15. "Lead

- based paint contractor" means any individual or firm who performs or supervises or offers to perform or to supervise lead

- based paint inspections, hazard evaluations, project designs, abate ments or reduction; 16. "Lead

- based paint reduction contractor" means any individual who performs or supervises lead

- based paint services, including but not limited to hazard reduction, abatement, or deleading; 17. "Lead

- based paint hazard" means any condition that causes exposure to lead from lead

- contaminated dust, lead

- contaminated soil or lead

- contaminated paint that is deteriorated or present in accessible surfaces, friction surfaces, or impact surfaces that would result in adverse human he alth effects as established by the Board; 18. "Lead

- based paint hazard evaluator" means an individual certified by the Department to perform lead

- based paint hazard evaluations; 19. "Lead

- based paint inspector" means an individual certified by the De partment to perform a surface

- by

- surface investigation to determine the presence of lead

- based paint and provide a report explaining the results of the investigation; 20. "Lead

- based paint services" means any lead

- based paint hazard evaluation, de tection, reduction, renovation, remodeling, abatement, on

- site testing,
or any other lead

- based paint activities which may create a lead

- based paint hazard; 21. "Lead

- based paint specialist" means any worker or other person directly and substantially involved in the performance of lead

- based paint services and who has satisfactorily completed the required level of lead

- based paint training from accredited training providers and programs, or in the case of out

of

- state providers and programs, from Department

- recognized and approved providers and programs. For the purposes of this article, the term lead

- based paint specialist shall be synonymous with the term abatement worker or worker as used in Title X of the Residential Lead

- based Paint Haz ards Reduction Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C., Section 4851 et seq., Public Law No. 102

- 550; 22. "Lead

- contaminated dust" means surface dust in residential or commercial dwellings that contains an area or mass concentration of lead in excess oflevels deter mined by the Board to pose a threat of adverse human health effects; 23. "Lead

- contaminated soil" means bare soil on residential or commercial real property that contains lead at or in excess of the levels determined to be hazardous to human health by the Board; 24. "Lead

- hazard detection" means the identification of lead

- based paint hazards; 25. "Reduction" or "lead

- hazard reduction" means measures designed to reduce or eliminate human exposure to lead

- based paint hazards through methods includi ng interim controls and abatement; 26. "Residential dwelling" means: a. a single

- family dwelling, including attached structures such as porches and stoops, or b. a single

- family dwelling unit in a structure that contains more than

one separate re sidential dwelling unit, and in which each such unit is used

or occupied, or intended to be used or occupied, in whole or in part, as the home or residence of one or more persons; and 27. "Target housing" means any housing constructed prior to 1978. I n the case of jurisdictions which banned the sale or use of lead

- based paint prior to 1978, the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, at the Secretary's discretion, may designate an earlier date. Part 2. Powers and Duties § 2

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- 201. Rulemaking

- Fee schedule A. The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate rules governing lead

based paint services which will: 1. Enable any lead

- based paint contractor, meeting the standards and criteria established by the Board, includin g satisfactory completion of required training in applicable courses offered by Department of Environmental Quality

accredited training providers and programs or an out

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- state provider or program recognized and approved by the Department, to become certified by the Department; 2. Require that any lead

- based paint reduction contractor, inspector or hazard evaluator or specialist performing or offering to perform lead

- based paint services on target housing and child

- occupied facilities is certi fied prior to the performance of any such service; 3. Ensure that persons holding themselves out to be certified lead

- based paint contractors or certified lead

- based paint specialists have been certified

assuch by the Department; and 4. Provide fo r accreditation of approved training providers and programs located in this state. B. Such rules shall: 1. Contain standards for performing lead

- based paint activities taking into account reliability, effectiveness and safety; 2. Contain specific re quirements for the accreditation of lead

- based paint training programs and the instructors of such programs including, but not limited to: a. minimum requirements for the accreditation of training providers, b. minimum training curriculum requiremen ts, c. minimum training hour requirements, d. minimum hands

- on training requirements, e. minimum trainee competency and proficiency requirements, and f. minimum requirements for training program quality control; 3. Set training requirements for certif ied lead

- based paint contractors and lead

- based paint specialists and require that such training be provided by Department

- accredited training providers and programs, or by out

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- state providers and programs recognized and approved by the Department . Such requirements shall allow for differences in the training needs of such contractors and specialists in lead

- based paint services in target housing and child

- occupied facilities and in applicable state and municipal regulatory waste disposal r equirements; 4. Provide that training requirements applicable to lead

- based paint specialists establish minimum acceptable levels of training and periodic refresher training for each class of specialists; 5. Require that all lead

- based paint training programs shall include, but not be limited to, a hands

- on component and instruction on the health effects of lead exposure, the use of personal protective equipment, workplace hazards and safety problems, reduction and abatement methods and work pra ctices, decontamination procedures, cleanup and waste disposal procedures, lead monitoring and

on

- site testing methods, and legal rights and responsibilities; 6. Set forth requirements for certification of lead

- based paint contractors and specialist s. Such requirements shall include, but are not limited to, applications therefor, bonding and education, training, examination and experience prerequisites; 7. Establish a system of training for all personnel who render review and inspection servic es for the Department in order to assure uniform statewide application of rules; and 8. Identify guidelines, based on federal regulations, for the determination ofadverse human health effects posed by lead

- based paint hazards. C. Rules promulgated b y the Board shall not apply to railroad bridges owned or leased by a railroad. D. 1. The Board shall establish a system of nonrefundable fees to be charged for certification of lead

- based paint contractors and specialists, accreditation of approved Oklahoma training programs and training providers, recognition and approval of out

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- state accredited training programs and training providers, any training or other program related to lead

- based paint services conducted by the Department, and for s ervices rendered by the Department in connection with such certification, accreditation, recognition and approval, and
programs. 2. The Board shall base its schedule of fees upon the costs of services provided. 3. The state and political subdivisions thereof, shall be exempt from any certification fees required by rules of the Board if an affidavit is filed with the Department stating that the applicant is employed by the state or political subdivision thereof and shall only be performing lead

- b ased paint services for the state or political subdivision employer. Any such employee who performs or offers to perform lead

- based paint services as a certified lead

- based paint contractor or specialist for persons other than his or her state or pol itical subdivision employer shall be subject to certification fees upon such performance or offer. E. Any rules promulgated by the Board shall be consistent with federal laws and regulations relating to lead

- based paint services specified by the Res idential Lead

- based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C. 4851 et seq., Public Law No. 102

- 550, to ensure consistency in regulatory action. Such rules shall not be more restrictive than corresponding federal regulations unless such stringen cy is specifically authorized by this article. The Board shall have the right to revise its rules and procedures from time to time to assure that lead

- based paint projects continue to be eligible for federal funding by meeting the state certification program standards and other requirements that may from time to time be promulgated by federal agencies that have jurisdiction

over lead

- based paint hazards. § 2

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- 202. Department of Environmental Quality

- Powers and dutiesA. The Department of Env ironmental Quality is hereby designated as the official agency of this state for purposes of cooperating with, and implementing the state lead

- based paint reduction and regulation program under the jurisdiction of, the federal Environmental Protectio n Agency. B. In addition to authority under the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code, the Department shall have the power and duty to: 1. Issue, renew, reactivate and renew, reinstate, modify, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue, renew, reactivate and renew, reinstate, or modify certification pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Lead

- based Paint Management Act; 2. Cooperate with others in facilitating the development of educational and training programs, examinations, and community outreach materials, and cooperate with those who conduct educational and training programs or prepare materials related to lead

- based paint activities and associated subjects; 3. Conduct, and determine the criteria for the successful completion of, certifica tion examinations and provide for the confidentiality of examinations and individual scores; 4. Issue, renew, reinstate, modify, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue,
renew, reinstate, or modify accreditation to lead

- based paint training programs and t he providers of such programs, and recognize and approve out

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- state training programs and providers; 5. Enforce the provisions of this article, rules promulgated thereunder, and orders, accreditations and certifications issued pursuant thereto; 6 . Collect and analyze samples to determine the presence and condition of lead

- based paint as necessary for the enforcement of this article; 7. Convene and coordinate an interagency task force which shall meet on a regular basis to exchange information regarding lead poisoning prevention and lead

- hazard control matters; 8. Establish liaison with other states having a state certification program to assure consistency of program requirements, in order to facilitate reciprocity of certification and accreditation among the several states; 9. Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the Department's duties and the execution of its powers pursuant to the Oklahoma Lead

- based Paint Management Act including, but not limited to, contracts with the United States, other states, agencies and political subdivisions of this state; 10. Accept grants from the United States government, its agencies andinstrumentalities, and any other source. To these ends, the Department shall have the power to comply with such conditions and execute such agreements
as may be necessary and desirable; and 11. Otherwise exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper to implement and enforce the provisions of the Oklahoma Lead

- based Paint Management Act and the rules of the Board promulgated thereto. Part 3. Accreditation and Certification § 2

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- 301. Certification

- Waiver

- Renewal A. An applicant who has paid the required nonrefundable certificatio n fees and has complied with the requirements of this article and rules promulgated thereunder, including, but not limited to, education, training, experience and examination prerequisites, shall be certified by the Department of Environmental Qual ity. B. The Department may waive some or all of its testing, training, experience, or examination requirements for certification if the applicant presents a currently valid certificate or license issued to him by another state or certifying agency
o r institution or national nonprofit organization for lead

- based paint services, if the Department finds that the certification requirements of the issuer in effect at the time of issuance are equivalent to its certification requirements; provided, ho wever, that no certification shall be issued under this subsection unless the holder of the certificate would be issued a similar certificate or license by such other state, certifying agency, or organization under substantially the same conditions. C. Any certificate issued under this section shall be renewed by the April 1 occurring not more than one year after the date of the most recent date of issuance, renewal, reactivation or reinstatement. Thereafter, the certificate may be renewed for a one

- year period beginning April 1 and ending March 31 of the following year. D. A certificate shall be renewed upon approval of the Department. Application for such renewal shall be submitted to the Department on forms prescribed by the Departmen t, shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable renewal fee as set by the Board and shall include documentation that the applicant has met the annual renewal requirements of the Department. The Department shall allow a thirty

- day grace period for such ren ewals without payment of late fees, provided theapplicant submits the required renewal fee and qualifies for such renewal. E. A certificate which is not so renewed shall expire on April 30 after the thirty

- day grace period, and shall have no further validity unless the Department, upon receipt of an application from the holder of the expired certificate within one (1) year after the certificate's March 31 renewal date, reactivates and renews such certificate. Such reactivation and renewal appl ication shall include the submission of data on forms prescribed by the Department, nonrefundable renewal and reactivation late fees as set by the Environmental Quality Board, and documentation that the applicant has met the Department's renewal requ irements. A reactivated certificate may be renewed annually thereafter as provided in this section. F. The holder of an expired and unreactivated certificate shall not be issued any new certificate unless the certificate holder applies and qualifies t herefor pursuant to this article and rules promulgated thereunder. G. Any certificate issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Lead

- based Paint Management Act may contain such conditions or restrictions as the Department shall deem necessary or appropriate. H. A certificate shall not be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article to any entity other than an individual or firm. § 2

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- 302. Contractors on public projects required to be certified

- Advertisements by contractors

- Use of accredited or certified labs

- Official certification list

- Health and safety information. A. No lead

- based paint contractor shall perform or offer to perform lead

based paint services upon any target housing or child

- occupied facilities unless such person is c ertified by the Department prior to performing or offering to perform such services. B. No individual shall advertise or otherwise present himself as a certified lead

- based paint contractor or specialist, for purposes of offering to perform or perfo rming lead

- based paint services unless certified by the Department pursuant to this article and rules promulgated thereunder. C. Certified lead

- based paint contractors and specialists shall use only environmental sampling laboratories that are part of an effective voluntary accreditation program as determined by the federal Environmental Protection Agency or which are federally certified to analyze for lead in paint films, soil and dust.D. The Department shall maintain an official listing of th e names and addresses of all certified lead

- based paint contractors and specialists and make such list available to any person requesting it upon payment of a copying fee established by the Environmental Quality Board. E. The State Department of Lab or shall provide health and safety information on lead abatement to all lead

- based paint contractors and specialists certified pursuant to the terms of this article. § 2

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- 303. Training programs and providers A. No person, agency, institution or org anization shall advertise or otherwise present itself as an accredited lead

- based paint training program unless accredited by the Department pursuant to this article and rules promulgated thereunder. B. No individual shall advertise or otherwise pre sent himself as an accredited lead

- based paint training provider or instructor unless accredited for such purposes by the Department pursuant to this article and rules promulgated thereunder. C. Any accreditation issued pursuant to this article may contain conditions as the Department shall deem necessary or appropriate. D. Any program or training provider accreditation issued pursuant to this article and rules promulgated thereunder shall be renewable annually for the period September 1 throu gh August 31 pursuant to rules promulgated by the Board. E. 1. Upon application by an out

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- state training program or training provider, the Department may recognize and approve in part or in whole the current accreditation of the applicant if the De partment finds that the state's accreditation requirements in effect at the time of accreditation are equivalent to the requirements of the Department; provided, however, that no such accreditation will be recognized and approved by the Department un less the applicant program or provider would be accredited by such other state under substantially the same conditions. 2. Recognition and approval of an out

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- state training program or training provider may be granted with such conditions as the D epartment shall deem necessary or appropriate. § 2

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- 304. Issuance and renewal A. 1. The Department shall have power to refuse to issue or renew, in part or in whole, a certificate or accreditation or, after notice and opportunity for an individua l proceeding as provided in Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act and the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code, and rules promulgatedthereunder, revoke or suspend in part or in whole any certificate or accreditation for good cause including , but not limited to: a. gross inefficiency or incompetence, b. violation of any provisions of this article, rules promulgated thereunder or the terms or conditions of any certification, accreditation or order issued pursuant thereto, or c. fraud o r misrepresentation in obtaining a certificate or accreditation. 2. After the expiration of one (1) year after the Department's denial of

an application for a new or renewed certification or accreditation, or for a reactivated and renewed certificate, or the Department's revocation of a certification or accreditation, the holder of such certificate or accreditation may make application to the Department for new certification or accreditation. After the expiration of one (1) year after the Departm ent's suspension of

a certification or accreditation, the holder may make application to the Department for reinstatement or new certification or accreditation. Such

new issuance or reinstatement shall rest in the sound discretion of the Department. B. The Department may withdraw in part or in whole its recognition and approval of any out

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- state training program or training provider at any time the program or provider does not qualify therefor pursuant to this article and rules of the Board. Part 4. Lead

- based Paint Information § 2

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- 401. Education and public information program

- Publication of informational pamphlet A. Consistent with the terms of federal funding agreements and the receipt of such funds by the Department for such inf ormation programs, the Executive Director shall institute an education and public information program, in order to inform the general public, and particularly parents of children residing in areas of significant exposure to sources of lead

- based pain t hazards, teachers, social workers and other human services personnel; owners of residential property, particularly property constructed previous to 1945; and health services personnel at major hospitals, of the dangers, frequency, and sources of lead

- based paint hazards, and the methods of preventing such hazards. B. Consistent with the terms of federal funding agreements and the receipt of such funds by the Department for such an information program, the Department, after notice and opportun ity for comment, shall publish, and from time to time revise, a lead

- based paint hazard information pamphlet to be used in connection with the Oklahoma Lead

- based Paint Management Act and Section 1018 of thefederal Residential Lead

- based Paint Hazar d Reduction Act of 1992. The pamphlet shall: 1. Contain information regarding the health risks associated with exposure to lead; 2. Provide information on the presence of lead

- based paint hazards in federally assisted, federally owned, and target h ousing; 3. Describe the risk of lead exposure for children under six (6) years of age, pregnant women, women of childbearing age, persons with respiratory disease or disabilities, persons involved in home renovation, and others residing in

a dwellin g with lead

- based paint hazards; 4. Describe the risks of renovation in a dwelling with lead

- based paint hazards; 5. Provide information on approved methods for evaluating and reducing lead

- based paint hazards and their effectiveness in identifying,

re ducing, eliminating, or preventing exposure to lead

- based paint hazards; 6. Advise persons how to obtain a list of certified contractors; 7. State that a hazard evaluation or on

- site inspection for lead

- based paint is recommended prior to the purchas e, lease, or renovation of target housing; 8. State that certain state and local laws may impose additional requirements related to lead

- based paint in housing and provide a listing of federal, state, and local agencies in each state, including addres s and telephone number, that can provide information about applicable laws and available governmental and private assistance and financing; and 9. Provide such other information about environmental hazards associated with residential real property a s the Department deems appropriate. § 2

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- 402. Renovation, demolition and remodeling

- Guidelines In order to reduce the risk of exposure to lead in connection with renovation, demolition and remodeling of target housing, and child

- occupied facilities , the Environmental Quality Board shall, consistent with the terms of federal funding agreements and the receipt of such funds by the Department of Environmental Quality for such development and dissemination, promulgate guidelines for the conduct of such renovation, demolition and remodeling activities which
may create a risk of exposure to dangerous levels of lead. The Department shall disseminate such guidelines to persons engaged in such renovation, demolitionand remodeling through hardwa re and paint stores, employee organizations, trade groups, state and local agencies, and through other appropriate means. Part 5. Miscellaneous § 2

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- 501. Federal employment contingent upon federal funds Any full

- time

- equivalent employees employed by the Department pursuant to this article to be compensated with federal funds shall have their employment contingent upon the procurement of federal funds and shall be terminated when federal support of those positions is discontinued. All activities performed by these employees shall be discontinued upon their termination due to the lack of such federal funds.