North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Subchapter A - SANITATION › Section .3100 - CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION PROGRAM › Section 18A .3107 - MAINTENANCE STANDARD

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following shall apply to property owners and managing
					 agents of pre-1978 residential housing units implementing the maintenance
					 standard set forth in Rule .3106(b) of this Section:
(1) Property owners and managing agents shall
				  use safe work practices to repair and repaint deteriorated paint on interior
				  surfaces of a residential housing unit and to correct the cause of
				  deterioration, including structural conditions causing water infiltration,
				  interior moisture, and poor paint adhesion. For pre-1950 single family and
				  duplex residential housing units, property owners and managing agents shall
				  repair and repaint both interior and exterior surfaces, including all walls,
				  ceilings, windows, porches, decks, garages, railings, and steps, and shall
				  correct the causes of deterioration. In addition, for pre-1950 single family
				  and duplex residential housing units, property owners and managing agents shall
				  establish and maintain a sod or other vegetative cover in areas of bare soil
				  within three feet of the residential housing unit.
(2) Property owners and managing agents shall
				  conduct specialized cleaning on interior horizontal surfaces to remove dust
				  that may contain lead.
(3) Property
				  owners and managing agents shall correct conditions in which painted surfaces
				  are rubbing, binding, or being damaged to protect the integrity of the paint
				  and to prevent the generation of lead dust.
(4) Subject to the occupant's approval,
				  property owners and managing agents shall steam shampoo carpets or use other
				  specialized cleaning methods to remove dust that may contain lead.
(5) Property owners and managing agents shall
				  provide interior horizontal surfaces that are smooth, non-absorbent, and easy
				  to clean by recoating deteriorated hardwood floors with a durable coating,
				  replacing or recovering worn-out linoleum floors, making interior windowsills
				  smooth and cleanable, capping window troughs with vinyl or aluminum coil stock,
				  and providing drainage from storm window frames.
(6) Property owners and managing agents shall
				  provide occupants with the Environmental Protection Agency-developed pamphlets
				  "Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home," which is hereby incorporated by
				  reference, including any subsequent amendments and editions, and available free
				  of charge at:
https://www.epa.gov/lead/protect-your-family-lead-your-home-english
and "Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care
				  Providers, and Schools," which is hereby incorporated by reference, including
				  any subsequent amendments and editions, and available free of charge at:
				  https://www.epa.gov/lead/renovate-right-important-lead-hazard-information-families-child-care-providers-and-schools-0,
				  summaries of any reports prepared pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  130A-131.9A on lead-based paint hazards at
				  the property, and copies of previous certificates of compliance
				  issued.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-131.5;
Temporary Adoption
					 Eff. November 21, 1997;
Eff. April 1, 1999;
Readopted
					 Eff. April 1, 2021.