2070-AJ82 201910 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2070 Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Review of Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and the Definition of Lead-Based Paint

Addressing childhood lead exposure is a priority for EPA. As part of EPA's efforts to reduce childhood lead exposure, EPA evaluated the dust-lead hazard standards (DLHS) and the definition of lead-based paint (LBP). Based on this evaluation, EPA issued a final rule on July 9, 2019, to change the dust-lead hazard standards from 40 µg/ft2 and 250 µg/ft2 to 10 µg/ft2 and 100 µg/ft2 on floors and window sills, respectively. These standards apply to most pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities, such as day care centers and kindergarten facilities. In addition, EPA finalized its decision to make no change to the definition of lead-based paint because the Agency currently lacks sufficient information to support such a change.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No Regulatory 40 CFR 745 15 U.S.C. 2681 15 U.S.C. 2682 15 U.S.C. 2683 15 U.S.C. 2684 Judicial Final 06/22/2019 the December 27, 2017 decision of the Ninth Circuit ordered "that EPA promulgate the final rule within one year after the promulgation of the proposed rule . . . ." Judicial NPRM 06/22/2018 NPRM issuance ordered within 90 days of the date that the 9th Circuit's decision becomes final. No NPRM 07/02/2018 83 FR 30889 NPRM Comment Period End 08/16/2018 Final Rule 07/09/2019 84 FR 32632 Final Rule Effective 01/06/2020 Docket #:EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0166 No No Federal State Tribal No No https://www.epa.gov/lead 236 Construction of Buildings 238 Specialty Trade Contractors 531 Real Estate 541330 Engineering Services 541350 Building Inspection Services 562910 Remediation Services 611110 Elementary and Secondary Schools 611519 Other Technical and Trade Schools 624410 Child Day Care Services No No John Yowell 2070 Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP 202 564-1213 yowell.john@epa.gov Mail Code 7404T, Washington DC 20460 Marc Edmonds 2070 Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP 202 566-0758 edmonds.marc@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404M, Washington DC 20460