Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 845 - LEAD POISONING PREVENTION CODE › Subpart E - STANDARDS FOR CONDUCTING ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR LEAD › Section 845.225 - Final Clearance Evaluations in Regulated Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The owner, its agent and the licensed lead
				abatement contractor shall allow access to the Department or a delegate agency
				to inspect a work area at any time during a lead abatement or lead mitigation
				project to determine compliance with the Act and this Part.
b) Upon completion of the lead abatement or
				lead mitigation activities and the cleanup procedures outlined in Section
				845.285, each
				work area shall pass a visual inspection and final clearance evaluation, which
				shall include the following minimum requirements:
1) A licensed lead inspector or lead risk
				assessor shall review the Work Practice and Occupant Protection Plan, developed
				by the licensed lead abatement supervisor as outlined in Section
				845.255,
				to determine the areas that require a final clearance evaluation.
2) A licensed lead inspector or lead risk
				assessor shall receive and review the written assurance statement provided by
				the licensed lead abatement supervisor as required in Section
				845.155.
3) A licensed lead inspector or lead risk
				assessor shall conduct a visual inspection of the work areas identified in the
				above-referenced Work Practice and Occupant Protection Plan to ensure that the
				surfaces have been abated or mitigated. The licensed lead inspector or lead
				risk assessor shall notify the owner or its agent and the licensed lead
				abatement contractor of the results of the visual inspection, and shall include
				the locations and characteristics of surfaces requiring further lead abatement,
				lead mitigation or cleanup. The visual assessment shall be documented in
				writing by the licensed lead inspector or lead risk assessor.
4) For work areas that pass the final visual
				inspection, and after ensuring that at least one hour has passed since lead
				abatement or lead mitigation and cleanup activities last occurred, a licensed
				lead inspector or lead risk assessor shall collect dust wipe samples from no
				fewer than 4 rooms or common areas within the work area identified in the Work
				Practice and Occupant Protection Plan. If there are fewer than 4 rooms, all
				rooms and common areas shall be sampled:
A)
				At least one sample shall be collected from the bare floor;
B) At least one sample shall be collected
				from a window stool and one sample from a window well if available;
C) One sample shall be located on a
				horizontal surface or bare floor at or near the entrance to the work
				area.
5) For work areas
				that fail the final visual inspections, the licensed lead abatement contractor
				shall repeat the procedures outlined in Section 845.285.
6) For work areas that pass the final visual
				inspection, but are found in non-compliance with the regulatory limits
				established in Section
				845.205(c),
				the licensed lead abatement contractor shall repeat the procedures outlined in
				Section
				845.285 for
				non-compliant surfaces and horizontal surfaces located below the non-compliant
				surfaces. Upon completion of these procedures, the licensed lead inspector or
				lead risk assessor shall repeat the visual assessment and dust sampling
				specified in subsection (b) for those non-compliant surfaces and the horizontal
				surfaces located below the non-compliant surfaces. This process shall continue
				until compliance with the regulatory limits established in Section
				845.205(c)
				is achieved.