EPA-Certified Lead Renovator Training Program (RRP)

Project Funder: Self-funding

Project Partners: See full list of partners

Project Contact: Jessica Lucas, jlucas@nchh.org, 301.974.5932

Project Description: The EPA Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule is the most important federal lead regulation since the HUD Lead-Safe Housing Rule a decade ago. It has the potential to ensure the widespread use of lead-safe work practices in homes and child-occupied facilities and may be extended to public and commercial buildings in the future. The RRP Rule went into effect April 22, 2010; all renovators are required by law to attend and pass an eight-hour Certified Lead Renovator course before starting work in homes built prior to 1978.  Failure to complete this training may result in fines assessed by the EPA of up to $37,500.
 
To help meet the challenge of finding a class nearby, NCHH provides a free training calendar so that all EPA-accredited training providers may post their training courses and renovators can find the training they need quickly and easily.

NCHH also serves as an EPA-accredited training provider and empowers qualified instructors across the country by:

  • Handling the quality control and required reporting to EPA so they can focus on training.

  • Becoming a learning community where instructors learn from each other and can share their innovations.

  • Providing resources and tools to enhance the training.

  • Delivers an E-learning alternative to make the training more effective and less costly and to help other training providers adopt as they can.

  • Tracks EPA and state changes to the RRP Rule, including their various interpretations of ambiguous terms.

  • Supports efforts to clarify and improve the rules, so they prevent lead poisoning more effectively.

  • Offers paint retailers free online training on the RRP Rule, lead-safe work practices, and the products that their customers will need. Thanks to the Indiana State Department of Health for funding to make the training possible and to the Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) for hosting the training.

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