EPA Lead Risk Assessor Certification | Latest
Questions and Answers | 2026 Update
• What does EPA 40 CFR Part 745 contain? -✓✓-defines LBP hazard and other related
terms
-training, accreditation, work practice standards
-applicable to target housing and child occupied facilities
-renovation safe work practices
-recordkeeping/reporting requirements
-LPB disclosure to buyers/renters
-pre reqs for becoming certified
-regulatory levels for dust, soil
-how/what to sample
-requirements for state/tribal accreditation
• de minimis for HUD work practice standards (also followed by EPA) -✓✓areas of
deteriorated LBP treatments less than ______ do not require work practice standards
(covered in 24 CFR part 35)
2 sq ft per room equiv
20 sq ft exterior
10% total surface area of component type with small surface area
• encapsulate -✓✓formed a barrier between LBP and the environment using a liquid
applied coating or an adhesively bonded covering material
• enclosure -✓✓use of rigid, durable construction materials that are mechanically
fastened to the substrate. acts as barrier between LBP and environment.
• target housing -✓✓pre 1978 housing, except for those used for strictly elderly housing
• A Child occupied facility -✓✓Anywhere a child 6 or under spends a minimum 3 days in
a week, 6 hours a visit and 60 hours a year.
• abatement methods -✓✓-removal
-replacement
-encapsulation
-enclosure
• HUD 24 CFR Part 35 -✓✓Requirements for notification, evaluation, and reduction of
LBP Hazards in Federally Owned Residential properties + housing receiving federal aid.
• loading -✓✓area concentration (ug/sq ft) (mg/sq cm)
, • HUD Guidelines -✓✓Guidelines for Eval and Control of LBP Hazards in Housing
based on requirements in Title X
• What are some things included in HUD Guidelines -✓✓-qualifications
-sampling (dust, soil, paint chip)
-control options (interim + abatement)
-clearance
-worker protection
-assessing paint condition
-HUD, EPA, OSHA CPSC, NPS lead paint rules
-questionnaire/form examples
• Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act -✓✓1992 Residential LBP
Hazard Reduction Act
• Purpose of Title X (4 parts) -✓✓1. eliminate LBP hazards
2. implement LBP hazard reduction programs
3. establish workable framework, infrastructure, and standard of care for LBP hazards
evaluation and reduction.
4. reduce threat of childhood lead poisoning
**switch concern to presence of LBP to LPB hazards
**establish primary prevention as a national strategy
• what topics does Title X contain -✓✓-options for LBP control (interim, abatement of
hazards, abatement of all LBP)
-definition of risk assessment, inspection, lead hazard screen, visual assessment, LBP
hazards
-requirements for training and certification
-requirements for lab accreditation (NLLAP)
• OSHA 29 CFR 1926.62 -✓✓Lead in Construction
• OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 -✓✓Respiratory Protection
• LBP -✓✓loading: 1.0 mg/sq cm
concentration: 0.5%
5,000 ppm
• hazard levels for lead in soil -✓✓play area: 400 ppm
non play area/dripline: 1200 ppm
HUD requires abatement: 5,000 ppm
• hazard levels for lead in dust -✓✓floors: 10 ug/sq ft
sills: 100 ug/sq ft
Questions and Answers | 2026 Update
• What does EPA 40 CFR Part 745 contain? -✓✓-defines LBP hazard and other related
terms
-training, accreditation, work practice standards
-applicable to target housing and child occupied facilities
-renovation safe work practices
-recordkeeping/reporting requirements
-LPB disclosure to buyers/renters
-pre reqs for becoming certified
-regulatory levels for dust, soil
-how/what to sample
-requirements for state/tribal accreditation
• de minimis for HUD work practice standards (also followed by EPA) -✓✓areas of
deteriorated LBP treatments less than ______ do not require work practice standards
(covered in 24 CFR part 35)
2 sq ft per room equiv
20 sq ft exterior
10% total surface area of component type with small surface area
• encapsulate -✓✓formed a barrier between LBP and the environment using a liquid
applied coating or an adhesively bonded covering material
• enclosure -✓✓use of rigid, durable construction materials that are mechanically
fastened to the substrate. acts as barrier between LBP and environment.
• target housing -✓✓pre 1978 housing, except for those used for strictly elderly housing
• A Child occupied facility -✓✓Anywhere a child 6 or under spends a minimum 3 days in
a week, 6 hours a visit and 60 hours a year.
• abatement methods -✓✓-removal
-replacement
-encapsulation
-enclosure
• HUD 24 CFR Part 35 -✓✓Requirements for notification, evaluation, and reduction of
LBP Hazards in Federally Owned Residential properties + housing receiving federal aid.
• loading -✓✓area concentration (ug/sq ft) (mg/sq cm)
, • HUD Guidelines -✓✓Guidelines for Eval and Control of LBP Hazards in Housing
based on requirements in Title X
• What are some things included in HUD Guidelines -✓✓-qualifications
-sampling (dust, soil, paint chip)
-control options (interim + abatement)
-clearance
-worker protection
-assessing paint condition
-HUD, EPA, OSHA CPSC, NPS lead paint rules
-questionnaire/form examples
• Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act -✓✓1992 Residential LBP
Hazard Reduction Act
• Purpose of Title X (4 parts) -✓✓1. eliminate LBP hazards
2. implement LBP hazard reduction programs
3. establish workable framework, infrastructure, and standard of care for LBP hazards
evaluation and reduction.
4. reduce threat of childhood lead poisoning
**switch concern to presence of LBP to LPB hazards
**establish primary prevention as a national strategy
• what topics does Title X contain -✓✓-options for LBP control (interim, abatement of
hazards, abatement of all LBP)
-definition of risk assessment, inspection, lead hazard screen, visual assessment, LBP
hazards
-requirements for training and certification
-requirements for lab accreditation (NLLAP)
• OSHA 29 CFR 1926.62 -✓✓Lead in Construction
• OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 -✓✓Respiratory Protection
• LBP -✓✓loading: 1.0 mg/sq cm
concentration: 0.5%
5,000 ppm
• hazard levels for lead in soil -✓✓play area: 400 ppm
non play area/dripline: 1200 ppm
HUD requires abatement: 5,000 ppm
• hazard levels for lead in dust -✓✓floors: 10 ug/sq ft
sills: 100 ug/sq ft
