NCLSH: Current Lead Safety Regulations

Current Rules and Regulations Governing Lead Safety

We help families learn where the lead is, how to safely remove it, and how to keep it away from children.

HUD Regulations (for more detailed information, visit HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control)

Requirements for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally Owned or Assisted Housing - Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, Sections 1012 and 1013 - 24 CFR
Part 35
Requirements for Disclosure of Known Lead-Based Paint and/or Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Private Housing - 24 CFR Part 35; 40 CFR Part 745
Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing. Although not regulations, these Guidelines provide the most detailed, comprehensive, technical information available on how to identify lead-based paint hazards in housing and how to control such hazards safely and efficiently.

EPA Regulations (for more detailed information visit EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics' Lead Program)

Identification of Dangerous Levels of Lead-Final Rule, 40 CFR Part 745
Distribution of Lead Hazard Information Prior to Renovation; TSCA Section 406(a) and TSCA Section 406(b)
Training, Accreditation and Certification Requirements; TSCA Sections 402/404
Lead Based Paint Debris and Management, Clarification

U.S Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (for more detailed information please visit the HUD web site.

Lead Exposure in Construction; 29 CFR, Part 1926.62
Lead Hazard Communication 29 CFR 1926.59

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