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EPA extends deadline for lead paint training

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Monday, June 21, 2010

(Updated 3:08 pm)

By Matthew Daly
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Home improvement contractors will have more time to meet new federal requirements for dealing with lead paint.

The Environmental Protection Agency said it will delay until Oct. 1 a rule requiring contractors to take additional precautions when renovating houses where children could be exposed to lead dust from old paint.

The delay comes amid a storm of complaints from industry groups and congressional Republicans, who said the government has not provided enough trainers to help contractors meet an April deadline.

The new rule allows contractors to sign up for training by Sept. 30. Training must be completed by Dec. 31.

Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., hailed the delay and called the initial rule a "disaster."

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mike360000

June 21, 2010 - 4:29 pm EDT

We're gonna die, we're gonna die I tell'ya! We're around lead paint and heaven forbid second hand smoke.... We have ozone depletion in our atmosphere and radon in our basements. Motor oil once was used on dirt roads to keep down dust but now it is classed a poison. Then there is the epa, state and fed that keeps an eye on your house to make sure you don't spill a drop of heating oil that would contaminate and kill the environment. We have water hoses that we not supposed to drink from because of the anti-mildew treatment they put in the hoses. We can't sell a chicken or an egg or any meat, not even to a friend or neighbor unless it is inspected. And thet're trying to do the same for vegetables. We can't build a house or building and it meet code unless the lumber has been certified and stamped. Everything today is regulated, coded and a permit or license required.... And this is the land of the free? The short of it is, FREE also means responsibility. I see NO responsibility in this country anymore because everybody wants everything prescribed to them as cheaply as possible and with as little pain as possible. ironic though, as almost everyone in this country "thinks" they are free! So what are you free to do here that you can't most anywhere else?