NJ Lead Inspector/Risk Assessor FINAL 2023 | ALREADY PASSED

NJ Lead Inspector/Risk Assessor FINAL 2023 | ALREADY PASSED What percentage of lead is in drinking water for children? - 20% What does Title X focus on? - Focuses attention on source of lead that could poison children. What areas in the waterline produce high lead levels in water? - Poorly Soldered joints where brass fittings are. With inspecting water what is the most causes for corrosive towards lead? - Hot, Acidic and soft water What are the causes our air to become lead contaminated? - Gas, Emission stationary sources, smelters and battery factories. What causes very high concentrations of lead dust and fumes? - Abrasive Blasting/ Sand Blasting and burning steel. Where does lead in food typically come from? - Containers with solder, crystal, pewter, ceramic glaze & cookware How is eliminated from the body? - Slowly from the body by kidney and gastrointestinal tract. How does very tiny amounts of lead leave the body? - Through sweat What are the most commons ways children develop lead poisoning? - Ingesting lead dust through hand to mouth activities. How are most adults exposed to lead? - Work. What does lead effect when digested? - Central Nervous System. What is Chelating Agents? - Medication that removes lead from a person body. What does RCRA stand for? - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act What does RCRA do? - Govern federal hazard waste disposal regulations. What is the most acute lead common symptom? - Abdominal pain What does HUD Guidelines assist with? - Identifying and controlling lead paint in housing. What needs to be done for HUD buildings built before 1978? - All painted surfaces must be inspected to determine if testing is needed. How does occurrence coverage policy's work? - They can still be active after policy. How does claims made coverage work? - This is only covered during the policy period. Lead abatement should be conducted by who? - Certified supervisors and trained workers Who set forth to eliminate lead exposure at work? - NIOSH What are the elements of radiation safety? - Duration, Shielding & distance. What does encapsulation relies on? - adhesive to the substrate. When should encapsulation not be used? - impact and friction areas. What materials do you use for encapsulation? - Apoxy based plyable materials. Why should an inspector be on site when encapsulation is being used? - This ensures they didn't dilute/apply correct. Enclosures must be what? - Mechanically fastened to the substrate. Please solve for square feet: Wipe sample 2'x2" - 0.33 How long should enclosures last? - 20 years to permanently. What should you do with materials behind the encapsulation? - Write Lead behind it. How does the XRF calibration work? - Attach SRM(Nist standard) to a non metal substrate. You must take 3 readings and average the results. Name lead abatement methods? - Replacement, Enclosure, Encapsulation & paint removal. Is Methylene Chloride allowed? - Not allowed nor Paint strippers. What does TCLP deal with? - Liquid Waste. What is the TCLP standard for Hazardous waste? - 5PPM What year was Title X ammended? - 1992. What does Title X deal with? - EPA, Training, Disclosures, RRP & Dust Sample Techs. What is RRP? - Renovate, Repair, Paint. What is the Title X and OSHA Regulation Statue? - 29 CFR 1926.62 What does HUD deal with? - Testing properties, rewriting guidelines, lead safe work practices, lead safe dust tech. With HUD you when are you required to take a wipe sample? - At the end of the day or CV Card. What should your inspection report include? - XRF Model, serial #, starting and end time, XRF Results, statement. (NO ABATEMENT MEASURES) Equation for Wipe Samples: 100 UG & 2''x1' Please solve. - 625 UG/Ft2 When completing a visual inspection what areas are you looking at? - Areas where LBP was removed and adjacent from intact paint, Windows, repainting and sealing. What is a loading area? - Dust wipe What is mass concentration? - Panit chip sample. What needs to be done before taking a dust wipe sample? - Floors need to be waxed, Carpets should be vacuumed/swiffered. When taking a blank this media should contain no more than what UG/wipe? - 5 UG/Wipe Where should dust wipe sample be taken? - floors, interior window sills, window troughs. Dust wipe sample should be approved by? - ATSM AAS Stand for? - Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. What is AAS used for? - Method used for elemental analysis. How is AAS Used? - Lead Vaporized at high temps a light of specifics wave lengths is shined through vapors. When using AAS how will you know if lead is present? - The light will be partially extinguished. What is the ML for Centerfuge tube - 50 ML What does a interim controll do? - Temporarily reduces human exposures or likely exposures to LBP hazards. How long should Interim controls last? - 3- 20 years. What are forms of Interim controls? - Special cleaning, Repairs, Maintenance, Painting, Remp Containment, On going monitoring, Operations of management. What does abatement do? - any measure or set of measurements designed to permanently eliminate LBP hazards. How many spiked samples should you take? - 1 Spiked dust sample. What ML is a Nalgene Bottle? - 250 ML How many XRF calibrations checks should you do in the beginning of the inspections? - 3 When should you take you