Washington Administrative Code › Title 365 - Commerce, Department of (Community Development) › Chapter 365-230 - Accreditation of lead-based paint training programs and the certification of firms and individuals conducting lead-based paint activities and renovation › LEAD-BASED PAINT RENOVATION › Renovation Definitions, Work Practices, Renovator and Dust Wipe Sampling Technician Certification, Renovation Firm Certification, Information Distribution Requirements, etc › Section 365-230-310 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, the definitions in WAC
								365-230-020 and the following
								definitions apply:
"Cleaning verification card" means a card developed and
								distributed, or otherwise approved, by EPA for the purpose of determining,
								through comparison of wet and dry disposable cleaning cloths with the card,
								whether postrenovation cleaning has been properly completed.
"Department" means the Washington department of commerce
								lead-based paint program.
"Dry disposable cleaning cloth" means a commercially
								available dry, electrostatically charged, white disposable cloth designed to be
								used for cleaning hard surfaces such as uncarpeted floors or
								countertops.
"Firm" means a company, partnership, corporation, sole
								proprietorship or individual doing business, association, or other business
								entity; a federal, state, tribal, or local government agency; or a nonprofit
								organization.
"HEPA vacuum" means a vacuum cleaner which has been
								designed with a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter as the last
								filtration stage. A HEPA filter is a filter that is capable of capturing
								particulates of 0.3 microns with 99.97 percent efficiency. The vacuum cleaner
								must be designed so that all the air drawn into the machine is expelled through
								the HEPA filter with none of the air leaking past it HEPA vacuums must be
								operated and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's
								instructions.
"Minor repair and maintenance activities" means activities,
								including minor heating, ventilation or air conditioning work, electrical work,
								and plumbing, that disrupt six square feet or less of painted surface per room
								for interior activities or twenty square feet or less of painted surface for
								exterior activities where none of the work practices prohibited or restricted
								by WAC 365-230-330(1)(c) are used and where the work does not involve
								window replacement or demolition of painted surface areas. When removing
								painted components, or portions of painted components, the entire surface area
								removed is the amount of painted surface disturbed. Jobs, other than emergency
								renovations, performed in the same room within the same thirty days must be
								considered the same job for the purpose of determining whether the job is a
								minor repair and maintenance activity.
"Painted surface" means a component surface covered in
								whole or in part with paint or other surface coatings.
"Painted surface to be disturbed" means a paint, or other
								surface coating that is to be scraped, sanded, cut, penetrated or otherwise
								affected by rehabilitation work in a manner that could potentially create a
								lead-based paint hazard by generating dust, fumes, or paint chips.
"Pamphlet" means the EPA pamphlet titled "The Lead-Safe
								Certified Guide to Renovate Right" developed under section 406(a) of TSCA for
								use in complying with section 406(b) of TSCA. This includes reproductions of
								the pamphlet when copied in full and without revision or deletion of material
								from the pamphlet.
"Recognized test kit" means a commercially available kit
								recognized by EPA under § 745.88 as being capable of allowing a user to
								determine the presence of lead at levels equal to or in excess of 1.0 milligram
								per square centimeter, or more than 0.5 percent lead by weight, in a paint
								chip, paint powder, or painted surface.
"Renovation" means the modification of any existing
								structure, or portion thereof, that results in the disturbance of painted
								surfaces, unless that activity is performed as part of an abatement as defined
								under WAC
								365-230-200. The term renovation
								includes, but is not limited to: The removal, modification or repair of painted
								surfaces or painted components (e.g., modification of painted doors, surface
								restoration, window repair, surface preparation activity (such as sanding,
								scraping, or other such activities that may generate paint dust)); the removal
								of building components (e.g., walls, ceilings, plumbing, windows);
								weatherization projects (e.g., cutting holes in painted surfaces to install
								blown-in insulation or to gain access to attics, planing thresholds to install
								weather-stripping), and interim controls that disturb painted surfaces. A
								renovation performed for the purpose of converting a building, or part of a
								building, into target housing or a child-occupied facility is a renovation
								under this section. The term renovation does not include minor repair and
								maintenance activities.
"Renovator" means an individual who either performs or
								directs workers who perform renovations. A certified renovator is a renovator
								who has successfully completed a renovator course accredited by EPA or an
								EPA-authorized state or tribal program.
"Vertical containment" means a vertical barrier consisting
								of plastic sheeting or other impermeable material over scaffolding or a rigid
								frame, or an equivalent system of containing the work area. Vertical
								containment is required for some exterior renovations but it may be used on any
								renovation.
"Wet disposable cleaning cloth" means a commercially
								available, premoistened white disposable cloth designed to be used for cleaning
								hard surfaces such as uncarpeted floors or counter tops.
"Wet mopping system" means a device with the following
								characteristics: A long handle, a mop head designed to be used with disposable
								absorbent cleaning pads, a reservoir for cleaning solution, and a built-in
								mechanism for distributing or spraying the cleaning solution onto a floor, or a
								method of equivalent efficacy.
"Work area" means the area that the certified renovator
								establishes to contain the dust and debris generated by a
								renovation.
Statutory Authority: RCW 70.103.10 [70.103.010],
									70.103.20 [70.103.020], 70.103.30 [70.103.030], 70.103.40
									[70.103.040],70.103.50 [70.103.050], 70.10.80 [70.103.080], and 70.103.90
									[70.103.090]. 11-07-067, §
												365-230-310, filed 3/21/11,
									effective 4/21/11.