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EPA/OCSPP RIN: 2070-AJ82 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Lead Dust Hazard Standards 
Abstract: EPA is reviewing existing regulatory dust lead hazard standards for residential buildings and child occupied facilities and developing regulatory lead dust hazard standards for public and commercial buildings. On January 5, 2001, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final regulation under sections 403 and 402(c)(3) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The 2001 final rule established regulatory dust lead hazard standards of 40 µg/ft2 for floors and 250 µg/ft2 for interior window sills. The rule also established clearance standards for dust following an abatement of 40 µg/ft2 for floors, 250 µg/ft2 for interior window sills and 400 µg/ft2 in window troughs. On August 10, 2009, EPA received a petition requesting that EPA take action to lower EPA's regulatory lead hazard standards for lead in dust. On October 22, 2009, EPA granted the request. Additionally, since the 2001 final rule, EPA has assessed new data regarding lead and lead dust. Because new data has become available and a new NAAQS review is being held, the Agency's review of the existing lead dust hazard and clearance standards for target housing and Child Occupied Facilities (COFs) should reflect this new information in order to maintain consistency within the Agency. In April 2008, EPA issued the final Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule (RRP) under the authority of section 402(c)(3) of TSCA. As part of a settlement agreement related to a legal challenge of the RRP rule, EPA agreed to consult with EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) by September 30, 2011, on a methodology for evaluating the risk posed by renovations in the interiors of public and commercial buildings other than child-occupied facilities. This methodology would assess hazards created by lead dust and be used to set a hazard standard for public and commercial buildings. Currently, there is no dust lead hazard standard for the interiors of public and commercial buildings. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 745   
Legal Authority: 15 USC 2681 "TSCA 403"   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/00/2012    
Additional Information: EPA Docket information: EPA–HQ–OPPT–2009–0665
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/leadhaz.htm  
Sectors Affected: 236 Construction of Buildings; 238 Specialty Trade Contractors; 531 Real Estate; 541330 Engineering Services; 541350 Building Inspection Services; 611110 Elementary and Secondary Schools; 611519 Other Technical and Trade Schools; 624410 Child Day Care Services 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Christina Wadlington
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
7404T,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 566-1859
Fax:202 566-0471
Email: Wadlington.Christina@epa.gov

Erik Winchester
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 7404T,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 564-6450
Email: winchester.erik@epa.gov