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On April 22, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule (the LRRP Rule) went into effect. The LRRP Rule requires that contractors who renovate, repair, or undertake painting projects in pre-1978 homes, child-care facilities, and schools be trained and certified in safe lead-based paint removal practices. It also applies to owners performing these activities in rental housing or space rented for child-care activities.
The LRRP Rule establishes training and certification procedures for renovators and dust sampling technicians and identifies safe work practices, such as minimizing dust from disturbed lead-based paint, containing the work area, and cleaning the area to reduce potential lead exposure. To be certified, renovators and dust sampling technicians must successfully complete an EPA-accredited course or authorized state or tribal course, apply to the EPA, and pay a fee. To maintain their certification, individuals must take a refresher course every five years.
The LRRP Rule was finalized in 2008 and included an exemption for renovators where the occupant of a pre-1978 home certified that no young children or pregnant women lived there and that the home was not a child-occupied facility. Recent amendments to the LRRP Rule, effective 60 days from their publication in the Federal Register, remove this exemption and add a requirement that renovation firms provide copies of compliance records to the owners and occupants of the pre-1978 homes and child-occupied facilities they work on.
EPA has also published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for additional amendments to the LRRP Rule that include requirements for dust-wipe testing following renovations. It expects to finalize this rule in July 2011. Further, EPA has announced its intention to create an LRRP rule for public and commercial buildings.
A copy of the LRRP Rule is available here.
On June 2, at the CBIA's 2022 Energy & Environment Conference, Day Pitney Environmental and Land Use partner Harold Blinderman is moderating the panel, "A New Release-Based Clean-Up Program: Status, Process & Next Steps," and Elizabeth C. Barton, partner and Chair of the Environmental practice, is a panelist, along with speakers from CT DEEP's Environmental Quality Branch and Water Protection and Land Use division and BL Companies.
On May 18, Day Pitney New Jersey Real Estate Partner Peter Wolfson was a panelist on the "P3 Partnerships: A Path for Progressive Development," panel at a CoreNet NJ event.
Day Pitney is sponsoring the upcoming New England Energy Conference and Exposition (NEECE), which is being held on May 17-18 at the AC Hotel by Marriott in Worcester, MA.
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New Jersey-based partner Christopher Stracco is speaking on a panel at the Annual New Jersey Seminar of the Society of Professional Assessors titled, "Timely Topics for Assessors and Appraisers," on April 8.
Day Pitney Hartford Attorney Ashley Membrino has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Hartford County Bar Association (HCBA).
Day Pitney Environmental Partner Todd Terhune was featured by Law360 Pulse in a Q&A article discussing his arrival to the firm and his position as Vice Chair of the Environmental practice.
Environmental partner Todd Terhune's arrival to Day Pitney was featured in Real Estate NJ article, "Day Pitney Adds Terhune as Partner, Vice Chair of Environmental Team."
Todd Terhune's arrival to the firm was profiled in the Law360 article titled, "Day Pitney Adds Environmental Group Vice Chair in NJ."
Day Pitney was included in Real Estate NJ's "Professional Spotlight 2022: Top Law Firms in New Jersey Commercial Real Estate."
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