Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 454 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STANDARDS › Title 454 CMR 22.00 - Deleading and Lead-safe Renovation › Section 22.12 - Work Practices and Other Requirements for Deleading Projects

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Requirements for Class I
			 Deleading Projects
. Persons, firms, corporations or other entities
			 who conduct Class I Deleading Projects and the Deleader Supervisor required to
			 be on-site by 454 CMR 22.12(1)(a)2. shall ensure that said Project is arranged,
			 equipped and operated in a manner that complies with the requirements of 454
			 CMR 22.12, any other applicable section of
			 454 CMR 22.00,
			 105 CMR 460.000:
Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control
and any other applicable
			 Massachusetts regulation.
(a)
General Requirements
.
1.
Requirement for Performance by
			 Licensed Deleading Contractor
. Except as allowed by M.G.L. c. 111,
			 § 197(d), Class I Deleading Projects shall be conducted by Deleading
			 Contractors licensed pursuant to
			 454
			 CMR 22.04.
2.
Requirement for On-site
			 Deleader-supervisor
. A person who is licensed as a Deleader
			 Supervisor pursuant to
			 454
			 CMR 22.05 and who is an employee or
			 Responsible Person of the business entity which entered into the Class I
			 Deleading Work shall be physically present at the Work Area and in control of
			 all Deleading Work being performed therein at all times when said Work is in
			 progress.
3.
Requirement for Use of Licensed Workers
. Persons who
			 perform Class I Deleading Work under the direction of the Deleader-supervisor
			 required to be on-site by 454 CMR 22.12(1)(a)2. shall be employees or
			 Responsible Persons of the business entity which entered into the Class I
			 Deleading Work and licensed as Deleader-supervisors or as Deleader-workers
			 pursuant to
			 454
			 CMR 22.05.
4.
Required Deleading
			 Notification
. No Class I Deleading Work shall take place until
			 notice has been given to the Department, as required by
			 454 CMR
			 22.10.
5.
Hygienic
			 Precautions
. The Deleading Contractor and Deleader-supervisor
			 shall not permit anyone to eat, drink, smoke, chew gum or tobacco, or apply
			 cosmetics in the Work Area or changing area.
6.
Material
			 Disposition
. Paint chips or other materials containing Dangerous
			 Levels of Lead generated during Deleading Work shall not be allowed to fall
			 distances in excess of 40 feet, except where such transfer of lead-containing
			 materials takes place in dust-tight chutes or enclosures.
7.
Prevention of Remote
			 Contamination
. All Deleading Work performed on any structure shall
			 be arranged, equipped and operated in a manner which eliminates the possibility
			 of lead contaminants or lead-contaminated materials escaping from the Work
			 Area.
8.
Methods of
			 Paint Removal
. Only the methods of paint removal specified by
			 105
			 CMR 460.120:
Removal and Making
			 Intact Lead-based Paint and Other Coatings
shall be permissible for
			 the removal of lead-based paint.
9.
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) Protection
.
			 All electrical circuits supplying power tools or equipment used in connection
			 with Deleading Work shall be ground fault circuit
			 interrupter-protected.
10.
Sign in/out Log
. The Deleading Contractor or other
			 entity carrying out a Class I Deleading Project shall ensure that each person
			 entering or leaving the Work Area individually completes the appropriate
			 entries in a sign in/out log. The sign in/out log shall include: the location
			 of the project; current date; printed name; signed name; Massachusetts License
			 number, where applicable; and the time of each entry or exiting.