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		<title>UPDATE: EPA Recognition of Lead Test Kits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overview Renovation, repair and painting activities may disturb painted surfaces and produce a lead-exposure hazard, so before undertaking this work in your home it is important to accurately identify the presence of lead-based paint. According to a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) survey of the prevalence of lead-based paint hazards in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No New Lead Testing Kits Pass ETV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Overview Renovation, repair and painting activities may disturb painted surfaces and produce a lead-exposure hazard, so before undertaking this work in your home it is important to accurately identify lead-based paint. According to a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) survey of the prevalence of lead-based paint hazards in the nation&#8217;s housing, approximately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independent EPA Authorized RRP Rule Programs by State</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted take a second to create a clean post highlighting the states that officially administer and enforce their own RRP programs. As of June 21, 2010, eight states — Wisconsin, Iowa, North Carolina, Mississippi, Kansas, Rhode Island, Utah, and Oregon – administer and enforce their own RRP programs. Renovators working in these states must [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rrpcompliance.com/news/independent-epa-authorized-rrp-rule-programs-by-state/</link>
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		<title>Frequent Questions on EPA’s June 18, 2010 Implementation Guidance for the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Q. Does EPA’s announcement of June 18, 2010, modify the Lead Renovation Repair and Painting Rule’s requirements that contractors use lead-safe work practices when working in pre-1978 housing or child-occupied facilities? A. No. This announcement does not change the requirement that all contractors take steps to protect children and families from the dangers of lead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rrpcompliance.com/news/june18-rrp-implementation-guidance/</link>
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		<title>Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule Changes in July</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RRP – July 6, 2010 Lead Safe Certified Firms need to be aware of the many changes that will take place in the Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule on July 6, 2010. Comments Due The EPA would like to hear your comments on 2 proposed future changes in the RRP. July 6, 2010 is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rrpcompliance.com/news/renovation-repair-and-painting-rule-changes-in-july/</link>
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		<title>Product Highlight: LeadCheck Swabs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great instructional video by Hybrivet Systems, Inc., maker of LeadCheck® Instant Lead Detection Test Kits. LeadCheck® Instant Lead Detection Test Kits are available in the RRP Compliance Shop]]></description>
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		<title>You could be certified and still be working illegally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it RRP or LSHR? Originally Published May 14, 2010 on SLS-Construction.com Quoted from a guest post by: Dean Lovvorn While more and more people are hearing about EPA’s Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule, little attention is being given to HUD’s LSHR (Lead Safe Housing Rule).  This could be a painful mistake for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rrpcompliance.com/news/you-could-be-certified-and-still-be-working-illegally/</link>
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		<title>New Lead Paint Removal Rules Come with Cost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted on June 3, 2010 &#124; By  John Flowers ADDISON COUNTY — The annual spring building boom in Addison County and beyond is being at least slightly tempered by the financial impact of new federal regulations requiring contractors to take more precautions in performing renovation projects in older buildings containing lead paint. While most acknowledge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rrpcompliance.com/news/new-lead-paint-removal-rules-come-with-cost-addison-county-independent/</link>
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		<title>Senate Sends Clear Message on EPA&#8217;s Lead Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senate Sends Clear Message on EPA&#8217;s Lead Rule Inhofe Calls on EPW to Hold Hearing on Implementation Washington, D.C. &#8211; Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, said today the overwhelming bipartisan vote in support of the Collins-Inhofe amendment, S. 4253, to the supplemental appropriations bill (H.R. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rrpcompliance.com/news/senate-sends-clear-message-on-epas-lead-rule/</link>
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		<title>EPA Announces Expansion of New Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Published May 21, 2010 &#8211; nahbenews.com The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that its new Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting rule will apply to all homes built before 1978. The agency is eliminating an “opt-out” provision that largely limited the regulation’s applicability to older homes that were the residences of pregnant women or children under [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://rrpcompliance.com/news/epa-announces-expansion-of-new-lead-renovation-repair-and-painting-rule/</link>
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