Wisconsin's New Lead-Safe Renovation Rule is Upon Us - April 22, 2010 - Get Trained

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Lead-Based Paint, Remodeling / Renovation / Comments

From a March 1, 2010 post by Tim Ballering on the AASEW Advisors listserv:

Beginning April 22nd you will be required to be trained and have WI

DHFS or EPA certification even to work on your own pre 1978 rental

housing.

Yes the rule will be very expensive to comply with (See the articles

below). Yes it is another -- to put it in terms the government uses --

unfunded mandate.  But it is now the law and it will eventually be

painfully expensive not to comply. (Big fines, lawsuits etc.)

The good news, if there is such a thing in this context, is the AASEW has a

tentative agreement with another state certified trainer to provide

this training for less than $200 per person.

We need a head count of how many owners and their crew members would

be interested in taking advantage of this.  That number will set the

final pricing.  If we hustle the training would be prior to 4/22/10 so

that no one is out of compliance.

This rule will affect you if you replace windows, disturb 6 square feet of paint on the interior or 20 square feet of paint on the exterior of any pre-1978 rental housing.  Essentailly this will affect all of us that own rentals.

If you would be interested in attendng -- please post a comment below along with the number of people you would be sending and I will pass the info on to Tim.

Thanks

T

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"The price for homeowners could be hiked by $500 to $1,000 per room,

McComas said."

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"It's going to price a lot of these jobs right out of the market," he

said."I think it's going to put me out of business."

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The new federal lead safety rules that take effect this spring are

coming just as work gears up on federal stimulus projects that may be

affected by the new regulations.

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"You're talking about at least a few thousand dollars extra," said

DiBernardo. Gehrig estimated the extra labor might add 25 percent to

a siding job.

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New regulations aimed at protecting homeowners from lead based paint

could make your renovation costs skyrocket.