EPA needs to be split up and devolved to the states.
They are out of control.
The government taxes transactions. They create necessity for transactions, and tax them.
My home was built in the sixties and I’ll be damned if I’ll be forced to renovate it. If push comes to shove, the only renovation that will occur is incineration.
Yo no sigue las reglas gringo
Any indication how this rule applies to people doing the work themselves?
Unless the states go along, it is unenforceable.
I live in one of those homes. Why, pray tell, was 1978 chosen as a cutoff?
Tis True. I just got two estimates to repaint my house exterior. Both contractors told me about this and that if my house was built before 1978 (it was) and I had any children under 5 years old, then they would have to cocoon the house before they painted it and that would triple their estimate. Fortunately I don’t have any children under 5 living in my 1962 model house, so I get the non-EPA regulation estimate.
99% of the innner cities would fall victim to this regulation. Either it’s an income redistribution scheme or it’s DOA.
This hasn’t gotten too much attention. Levin didn’t even know about it until two callers filled him in. Related threads:
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Paint certification rule roils ranks of contractors (EPA)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2494166/posts
EPA mandate New renovation rules to push up costs(epa police now in your home)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2491560/posts
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This post by Beagle8U confims exactly what the callers said:
A buddy of mine is a private contractor. He stopped over yesterday and was bitching about this new regulation.
It is going to cost him $800 to take the silly class to get certified to deal with lead paint. He said that following the regs will add thousands of $$ to even what was before small jobs.
It will almost double the cost of replacing windows in older homes.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2494166/posts?page=7#7