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EPA Clarifies Rules on Working with Lead Paint After Disasters
Important Update from NAHB
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 23 provided needed clarification to the information it had posted regarding emergency renovations under the Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule – clarification that NAHB has insisted its members must have to get needed repairs completed while staying in compliance with the rule.
After hurricanes devastated parts of Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico last fall, NAHB met with EPA to discuss the uncertainty that remodelers and renovators face regarding how the agency planned to implement the emergency repair provisions that the rule includes.