The regulations described below were in force at the time of preparing this newsheet.
Regulations are subject to updating and change.
This rule applies to items such as children's toys, school equipment etc. Industrial maintenance paints may contain higher concentrations of Lead and still not be considered hazardous. Waste from paint removal such as spent abrasive which is suspected to contain Lead must be tested for leachable Lead prior to disposal. If more than 5 ppm of Lead is leached into the solution the waste is hazardous and must be treated prior to disposal. However the EPA requirements for statistical sampling mean that many wastes will be considered hazardous even though a single sample may leach out less than 5 ppm of Lead.