Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-24 - LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD MANAGEMENT › Rule 391-3-24-.01 - Scope and Applicability

Current through Rules and Regulations
				filed through June 27, 2024
(1) These Rules contain procedures and
				requirements for the accreditation of renovation and lead-based paint
				activities training programs, procedures and requirements for the certification
				of persons and firms engaged in renovation and lead-based paint activities, and
				standards for performing such activities. These Rules also contain requirements
				that all renovation and lead-based paint activities performed for compensation
				in target housing and child-occupied facilities shall be performed by certified
				persons and lead or renovation firms. No person or firm shall offer to perform
				renovation or lead-based paint activities without obtaining the certification
				and training required in these Rules. These Rules do not require the mandatory
				abatement of lead-based paint.
(2)
				These Rules are applicable to all persons and firms who are engaged in
				renovation and lead-based paint activities as defined in Rule
				391-3-24-.03, except persons who
				perform these activities within residential dwellings that they own, unless the
				residential dwelling is occupied by a person or persons other than the owner or
				owner's immediate family while these activities are being performed, or a child
				residing in the residential dwelling has been identified as having an elevated
				blood lead level. Each department, agency, and instrumentality of the
				executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the State of Georgia having
				jurisdiction over any property or facility, or engaged in any activity
				resulting, or which may result, in a lead-based paint hazard, and each officer,
				agent, or employee thereof, shall be subject to, and comply with all
				requirements, both substantive and procedural, regarding lead-based paint,
				lead-based paint activities, and lead-based paint hazards.
(3) The information distribution requirements
				in Rule 391-3-24-.08
				are to ensure that owners and occupants of target housing and child-occupied
				facilities receive information on lead-based paint hazards before renovations
				begin.
(4) The training and
				certification requirements, the standards for performing renovation activities
				and associated pre-notification education and record keeping requirements under
				Rule 391-3-24-.04
				and Rules
				391-3-24-.08 through
				391-3-24-.11 apply to all
				renovations performed for compensation in target housing and child-occupied
				facilities, except for the following:
(a)
				Renovations in target housing or child-occupied facilities in which a written
				determination has been made by a certified inspector or certified risk assessor
				that the components affected by the renovation are free of paint or other
				surface coatings that contain lead equal to or in excess of 1.0 milligrams per
				square centimeter (mg/cm2) or 0.5 percent (0.5%) by
				weight, where the certified renovation firm performing the renovation has
				obtained a copy of the determination.
(b) Renovations in target housing or
				child-occupied facilities in which a certified renovator, using an EPA
				recognized test kit and following the kit manufacturer's instructions, has
				tested each component affected by the renovation and determined that the
				components are free of paint or other surface coatings that contain lead equal
				to or in excess of 1.0 milligrams per square centimeter
				(mg/cm2) or 0.5 percent (0.5%) by weight. If the
				components make up an integrated whole, such as the individual stair treads and
				risers of a single staircase, the renovator is required to test only one of the
				individual components, unless the individual components appear to have been
				repainted or refinished separately.