Two remodelers fined by EPA for lead paint violations

[mark handler]

http://www.housingzone.com/codes-and-standards/two-remodelers-fined-epa-lead-paint-violations

Two remodelers and a rental property owner fined by EPA for violation of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule

By Jonathan Sweet, Editor in Chief

April 9, 2012

Three companies -- including two remodeling firms -- have been cited by the EPA for violation of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule.

•Valiant Home Remodelers, a Carteret, N.J., window and siding company has agreed to pay $1,500 to for failing to follow LRRP rules during a window and siding replacement project on a residential home. According to the EPA, Valiant failed to contain dust and waste on the project and to train workers on lead-safe work practices.

•Johnson Sash & Door of Omaha, Neb., will pay a $5,558 penalty for failing to provide owners of five pre-1978 homes with a copy of the EPA-approved "Renovate Right" pamphlet. The EPA also said that the company did not acquire the proper training.

•Colin Wentworth -- the Rockland, Maine, rental property owner made famous by the now-pulled YouTube video of LRRP violations on his property -- has agreed to pay $10,000 for a variety of offenses, including improper renovation methods and failing to acquire the necessary training for the workers.

 

[GBrackins]

well education does cost money, one way or another ...

 

[Papio Bldg Dept]

•Johnson Sash & Door of Omaha, Neb., will pay a $5,558 penalty for failing to provide owners of five pre-1978 homes with a copy of the EPA-approved "Renovate Right" pamphlet. The EPA also said that the company did not acquire the proper training.

Thanks Mark. Good to know about things right in my back yard that the local rag doesn't publish.

 

[KZQuixote]

http://www.housingzone.com/codes-and-standards/two-remodelers-fined-epa-lead-paint-violationsTwo remodelers and a rental property owner fined by EPA for violation of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule

By Jonathan Sweet, Editor in Chief

April 9, 2012

Three companies -- including two remodeling firms -- have been cited by the EPA for violation of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule.

•Valiant Home Remodelers, a Carteret, N.J., window and siding company has agreed to pay $1,500 to for failing to follow LRRP rules during a window and siding replacement project on a residential home. According to the EPA, Valiant failed to contain dust and waste on the project and to train workers on lead-safe work practices.

•Johnson Sash & Door of Omaha, Neb., will pay a $5,558 penalty for failing to provide owners of five pre-1978 homes with a copy of the EPA-approved "Renovate Right" pamphlet. The EPA also said that the company did not acquire the proper training.

•Colin Wentworth -- the Rockland, Maine, rental property owner made famous by the now-pulled YouTube video of LRRP violations on his property -- has agreed to pay $10,000 for a variety of offenses, including improper renovation methods and failing to acquire the necessary training for the workers.

In Oregon, a program state, the fine is $5,000.00 per day. Interesting to see that the EPA compromised on the $37,500.00 per day fines that apply in non-program states.

Bill

 

[Architect1281]

THE EPA needs to be kicked squarely between the knees;

Those rights not so enumerated shall remain to the States or the People

Lead paint even if used as the stripes on the highway is not interstate commerce.

 

[conarb]

THE EPA needs to be kicked squarely between the knees;Those rights not so enumerated shall remain to the States or the People

Lead paint even if used as the stripes on the highway is not interstate commerce.

Architect:

The Supreme Court has done just that in an Idaho wetlands case;

Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution indicates that State land belongs to the States, and if the federal government is to have any control over State land by taking possession, or otherwise, the land must be purchased by the federal government, and the State legislature must give its permission.

No place in the Constitution is the federal government given any authority over State land in any other manner, nor does the Constitution grant the authority for the federal government to enforce environmental regulations over State lands. As per the Tenth Amendment, since no authority over environmental issues is granted to the federal government, nor is it prohibited to the States, any environmental regulations are a State authority. If the federal government desires such an authority, the power can only be granted by amendment, which also requires a three-quarter ratification by the States.¹

Hopefully, since this is now precedent nationwide, other cases can be resolved against the EPA at lower court levels, and against other government agencies slowing this Eco-tyranny down.

¹ http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45927

 

[Architect1281]

No Conarb they have shown the States a new way to gain jurisdiction where non exists - BRIBERY and EXTORTION !!

Like if you the stats dont raise the drinking and driving ages we won't give you Highway funds, same for seatbelt laws.

and thanks to ARRA Energy funds now they are the BTU Police!!!

 

[peach]

Many of us grew up in houses that most likely had lead paint and we (for the most part) turned out ok. I still read of little kids and lead poisoning (paint, lead pipes) and I believe the lead hazard should be mitigated; the EPA goes a little overboard with fines IMHO.

 

[DRP]

I don't typically do old work but I wish I could get training closer than a state away.

I do wonder if they will pull permit records and contractor certs at some future time after people are many violations deep to offset budgetary shortfalls.

 

[conarb]

The EPA is entirely out of control:

Al Armendariz, the Dallas-based head of EPA’s Region 6, yesterday apologized for what he said was a “poor choice of words” in saying the agency tried to make an example of polluters, the same way Romans crucified residents to quell rebellions. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said she has spoken to Armendariz, and that his comments “don’t comport with our record.”¹

¹ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-26/epa-aide-apologizes-for-crucify-comment-amid-republican-outcry.html