EPA EXTENDS CERTIFICATION DEADLINE
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the extension of the certification and training deadline to October 1, 2010.
For door and access dealers, the extension means you have until midnight, September 30, 2010 to have your company, and applicable personnel in your company, certified and trained, or at least registered for certification training. It does not mean that you are relieved from complying with the lead safe work rules, regardless of whether you are or are not certified and registered with the EPA.
This action from the EPA comes following the realization that not enough certified trainers were available to meet the overwhelming demand by the construction industry.
Dealers are encouraged to immediately seek and obtain certification, regardless of whether training courses are available in your immediate area. If you are working on homes built prior to 1978, you must at a minimum have your applications for training and firm registration in the EPA pipeline.
The eight states that have accepted delegation of the rule and are administering it locally (IA, KS, MS, NC, OR, RI, UT, WI) may continue to enforce the certification requirements now. Dealers in these states should contact their state officials and/or local EPA officials for details.
Tags: certification, epa, IDA, training
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