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hazard was addressed by in a rule published May 4, 1993 in the
Federal Register, 29 CFR Part 1926.62. This rule amended their
regulations for construction workers. It reduced the permitted
level of exposure to lead for construction workers from 200
micrograms per cubic meter of air as an 8-hour TWA to 50
micrograms per cubic meter of air. Special worker-protection
requirements are mandated when surfaces coated with leaded paint
are disturbed, unless existing data show that the requirements
are not needed. Training for workers aimed at both residential
and non-residential activities is available from EPA-sponsored
training centers and other private training groups.
3.4.2
Definitions. For the purposes of this discussion,
residential structures are Government owned or leased family
housing, child development centers, family child care homes,
schools, playgrounds, and similar facilities. Target residential
facilities are those constructed prior to 1978. Facilities
constructed or included in whole-house revitalization or similar
major rehabilitation projects since 1978, if paint coatings were
removed or replaced, are considered free of lead-based paint.
Non-residential structures include office buildings, warehouses,
water towers, and the like. Lead-in-paint terms are defined in
the following way:
a) Leaded paint - paint containing lead compounds as
an ingredient at potentially hazardous concentrations.
b) Lead-based paint - a legislative term, defined by
the U.S. Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act as existing
paint in residential structures having lead concentrations of
1 milligram per square centimeter or greater.
c) Lead-containing paint - a regulatory term, defined
by the Consumer Product Safety Commission as residential paint
(wet) offered for sale having a lead concentration greater than
0.06 percent by weight of the film solids.
3.4.3
DOD Policy/Instruction. The following sections
summarize policy documents issued by DOD and military components
for residential and non-residential structures (Table 4).
3.4.3.1
Residential Structures. DOD's policy memorandum, Lead-
Based Paint (LBP) - Risk Assessment, Associated Health Risk in
Children, and Control of Hazards in DOD Housing and Related
Structures, describes the DOD policy for residential structures.
A DOD instruction will also be developed. The DOD policy is to
provide occupants of DOD residential structures (to include
leased structures) a safe and healthful environment. The
memorandum covers 1) assessing health risk from LBP and 2)
controlling LBP hazards in DOD housing and related structures.
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