Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 1 - SUBTITLES 01-07 › Subtitle 02 - OCCUPATIONAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND RESIDENTIAL HAZARDS › Chapter 26.02.07 - Procedures for Abating Lead Containing Substances from Buildings › Section 26.02.07.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. The following
				  terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Abate" or "abatement" means the
				  elimination of exposure to lead-based substances that may result in lead
				  toxicity or poisoning, by the removal or encapsulation of lead-containing
				  substances, by thorough cleanup procedures, and by post-cleanup treatment of
				  surfaces.
(2) "Business entity"
				  means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship, or
				  other business unit and any employee of it.
(3) "Child" means a person under the age of
				  6.
(4) "Contractor" means any
				  business entity, public unit, or person performing the actual abatement for a
				  lead abatement project.
(5)
				  "Department" means the Maryland Department of the Environment.
(6) "Encapsulate" or "encapsulation" means to
				  resurface or cover surfaces and to seal or caulk seams with durable material,
				  so as to prevent or control chalking, flaking lead-containing substances from
				  becoming part of house dust or accessible to children.
(7) "HEPA" or "high efficiency particle air"
				  means a filter capable of filtering out particles of 0.3 microns or greater
				  from a body of air at 99.97 percent efficiency or greater.
(8) "Lead abatement project" means any work
				  performed in order to abate the presence of a lead-containing
				  substance.
(9) "Lead-containing
				  substance" means any paint, plaster or other surface coating material
				  containing more than 0.50 percent lead by weight calculated as lead metal in
				  the dried solid, or more than 0.7 milligrams per square centimeter by the X-ray
				  fluorescence analyzer.
(10) "Owner"
				  means a person, firm, corporation, guardian, conservator, receiver, trustee,
				  executor, or other judicial officer, who, alone or jointly or severally with
				  others, owns, holds, or controls the whole or any part of the freehold or
				  leasehold title to any property, with or without accompanying actual possession
				  of it, and shall include in addition to the holder of legal title, any vendee
				  in possession of it, but may not include a mortgagee or an owner of a
				  reversionary interest under a ground rent lease.
(11) "Public unit" means:
(a) Any agency, bureau, department, or
				  instrumentality of State government;
(b) Any agency, bureau, department, or
				  instrumentality of federal or local government;
(c) Any public, quasi-public, or municipal
				  corporation.
(12)
				  "Quantitation limit" means the minimum quantity or level of lead that can
				  reliably be measured or quantified to a specified degree of accuracy and
				  precision.
(13) "Woodwork" means
				  all wooden or metal interior or exterior fittings or ornamentation, such as
				  moldings, doors, staircases, and window sashes and trim.
(14) Work Area.
(a) "Interior work area" means a hallway,
				  room or group of rooms in which abatement takes place on the inside of a
				  residential property, or group day care center.
(b) "Exterior work area" means an outdoor
				  porch, stairway, or other element of woodwork on the exterior of a residential
				  property, a group day care center, or a building appurtenant to a residential
				  property or group day care center, on which abatement takes place.