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Atomic Symbol for Lead Pb; plumbum meaning "liquid silver"
and origin Latin word?
What form of lead is #1 Form: Lead Acid Batteries, #2 Form: Ammunition, #3
mostly used in the United Form: Paints & Coatings
States?
Why is/was lead added to Durability. Other qualities include: prevents mold
paint? growth & corrosion, soundproofing, quick drying.
Major form of lead used in paint before 1950, it was
the only white paint used in European paintings until
What is white lead?
19th century, heavy consistency, fastest drying white
paint.
What does Presumed Residential structures built prior to January 1, 1978/
Lead-Based Paint refer to? also called Target Housing.
Supplied Air Respirators Grade D Air (oxygen level greater than or equal to
(SARs) must use what 19.5% and less than or equal to 23.5%), hose must not
grade air and what hose exceed 300 feet in length.
length?
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When do you replace Weekly replacement if exposed to 50 - 200 μg/m3.
coveralls daily? When do Daily Replacement if exposed to more than 200
you replace them weekly? μg/m3.
When an employee's exposure to lead exceeds the
PEL, work operations for which engineering controls
When are you required to and work practices are not sufficient enough to
wear a respirator? reduce levels to below PEL, when an employee
requests a respirator, and when respirators are used
for interim practices during trigger tasks.
EPA/HUD definition of ≥ 0.5% by weight or ≥ 1.0 mg/cm2 or ≥ 5000 ppm
Lead-Based Paint?
What year was the amount 1978; Consumer Product Safety Commission.
of lead that could be in
certain coatings restricted
to a lead concentration of
less than ≤ 0.06% lead by
weight (≤ 600 ppm) if the
coating was applied to
surfaces that could be
accessible to children/the
public and who by?
What year was the 2009; ≤0.009% lead by weight (≤ 90ppm)
allowable amount of lead
further reduced if applied
to surfaces that could be
accessible to children/the
public and what was it
lowered to?
Who began phase out of EPA; 1996 Clean Air Act.
lead gasoline for
consumer use? What year
and what act officially
banned it?
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In October (what year), 1992, Tile X or Title 10.
the U.S. Congress passed
a LAW called the
Residential Lead-Based
Paint Hazard Reduction
Act also known as ____.
Lead dust from lead-based paint (1) which is damaged
or deteriorated, (2) on any friction surface, (3) on any
Title X lists 6 situations
impact surface. (4) Lead-painted surfaces that a child
where lead is a hazard,
could chew. Lead-contaminated (5) dust anywhere in
what are they?
the home or (6) soil that is above the acceptable
standards set by the EPA.
When does the EPA/HUD Addresses hazards caused by renovation, repair and
Renovation, Repair and painting work activities in any residential housing or
Painting Rule (RRP) under child-occupied facility constructed before 1978
the authority of the Toxic (target housing). It does this by establishing
Substances Control Act requirements for training/certifying workers,
apply, and what year was accrediting training providers etc. 2008/2010.
it introduced/enforced?
Requires California to publish a list of chemicals
Proposition 65 requires
known to cause cancer or birth defects or
what?
reproductive harm (lead).
All permanent abatement activities and temporary
When is a clearance abatement when a child with elevated blood levels.
required? Outdoor is usually visual unless it's soil (must pass
clearance).
Abatement for public and Certified Lead Supervisor or Certified Lead Worker.
residential buildings which
is designed to reduce lead
paint or lead hazards for a
minimum of twenty years
must be conducted by?
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Abatement for public and According to procedures specified in HUD Chapter 11:
residential buildings which Interim Controls, "Guidelines for the Evaluation and
is designed to reduce lead Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing".
paint or lead hazards for
less than twenty years
must be conducted by?
What can a certified Perform Abatement, 3-day course, no state exam
Worker do? How long is required
the course? State exam
required yes or no?
What can a certified Perform Abatement and Supervise Abatement, 5-day
Supervisor do? How long course, must pass exam.
is the course? State exam
required yes or no?
What can a certified Perform Clearance Inspections and Write Abatement
Project Monitor do? How Plans, 5-day course, must pass exam.
long is the course? State
exam required yes or no?
What can a certified Perform Inspections and/or Risk Assessments and
Inspector/Assessor do? Clearance Inspections, 5-day course, must pass exam
How long is the course?
State exam required yes
or no?
What can a certified Take Samples only, 1-day course, no state exam.
Sampling Technician do?
How long is the course?
State exam required yes
or no?
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