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a.
RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
Remediate Lead Hazard.
2.
Notify Tenants & Investigate
3.
Correct Lead Hazard Using Safe Work Practice
4.
Make Apartment Lead Safe on Turnover
5.
Do All Repairs & Renovations Using Safe Work Practice
b. REMEDIATE
LEAD HAZARDS
Owners
must prevent the reasonably foreseeable occurrence of lead hazards and
remediate them, and the underlying defects that may cause lead hazards,
using safe work practices.
1. In apartment
where a child is under age 7 resides.
2. In common
areas where a child under age 7 resides in a dwelling unit.
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*In
pre-1960 building, paint is PRESUMED to be lead paint if a child under
7 resides in a dwelling unit.
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A
Lead Hazard is any condition that causes exposure to lead contaminated
dust from:
1.
Peeling Lead-based paint
2.
Deteriorated sub-surfaces
3.
Friction surfaces*
4.
Impact surfaces
5.
Chewable surfaces**
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*Friction
Surface:
Lead
painted surfaces that abrade, scrape or bind.
**Chewable
Surfaces:
a)
Any windowsill reachable by a child whether intact or deteriorated.
b)
Any other edge or protrusion that:
I. Shows evidence of being chewed, or
II. Tenant has
notified owner that it has been chewed.
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The
investigation must be conducted annually and more often if the owner
knows of a condition that may cause a lead hazard, or the occupant
complains about such a condition.
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