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HUD/HUDSEC | RIN: 2501-AE03 | Publication ID: Fall 2024 |
Title: Streamlining Reporting Requirements for Lead-Based Paint Hazards in HUD-Assisted Housing (FR-6027) | |
Abstract:
This proposed rule updates and streamlines HUD’s lead safe housing regulations. Specifically, the rule amends the regulatory language in 24 CFR part 35, subparts H and M, which pertain to Project-Based Assistance and Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, respectively. The rule also makes one minor technical correction in subpart L, which pertains to Public Housing. In 2017, HUD published a final rule, amending its lead-based paint regulations to reduce blood lead levels in children under age six (6) who reside in federally-owned or -assisted pre-1978 housing. After publication of the final rule, HUD received feedback recommending that the rule’s reporting requirements, specifically those for residential properties receiving project-based rental assistance and housing occupied by families receiving tenant-based rental assistance, should be streamlined to ensure that the reporting process conformed to best practices and reflected existing relationships among the interested parties. Through this proposed rule, HUD streamlines the reporting process to reflect best or existing practices and to reduce the burden on owners. This rule also proposes revision of HUD’s dust-lead hazard and paint-lead hazard standards in consideration of the Environmental Protection Agency’s anticipated publication of its final rule under its Reconsideration of the Dust-Lead Hazard Standards and Dust-Lead Post Abatement Clearance Levels (RIN 2070-AK91), and will either invite public comment on, or propose, revising its soil-lead hazard standard based on the EPA’s January 2024 soil-lead screening guidance. This rule also updates the definition of target housing in subpart B to reflect the slight expansion of the scope of that term by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 115-31, enacted May 5, 2017) to include the small number of pre-1978 zero-bedroom dwellings in which a child under age 6 resides or is expected to reside. These dwellings had previously been exempted from the definition of target housing and, thus, from the regulations covering lead safety in federally-owned or -assisted pre-1978 housing. The rule also corrects drafting errors and makes other technical corrections. |
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Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 24 CFR 35 | |
Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) 42 U.S.C. 4821 42 U.S.C. 4851 |
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No | |
Agency Contact: Warren Friedman Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of the Secretary 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410 Phone:202 402-7698 TDD Phone:800 877-8339 Fax:202 708-1000 Email: lead.regulations@hud.gov |