HomeMy WebLinkAboutHousing Correspondence 17 Deerfield Lane • w� 1540 SULLIVAN AVENUE• SOUTH WINDSOR, CT 06074
r�osoa•co TELEPHONE (860) 644-2511
January 5,2015
Dear Contractor,
Please be advised that we have checked the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
data base to determine if you are certified in accordance with the EPA Renovation,
Repair, and Painting(RRP)Rule adopted in 2010. This was done in response to a recent
application for a building permit for work to be performed in a pre-1978 home located at
17 Deerfield Lane in the town of South Windsor. Based upon the data base reviewed,
you are not RRP certified.
The EPA Rule requires that companies who perform renovation work that disturbs paint
in a pre-1978 home be RRP certified.
We are making you aware of this situation in hopes that you become certified, as
required, and to provide you with additional information to help you better communicate
with your customer. Enclosed please find a brochure on the RRP Rule. In addition,here
is the link to the Renovate Right booklet that the homeowner will be receiving,
http://www.ct.gov/dph/lib/dph/environmental health/lead/pdf/renovaterightbrochure.pdf
We are attempting to educate all renovation contractors on this rule. The CT Department
of Public Health, which monitors childhood lead cases,has indicated that childhook lead
poisoning has shown little to no improvement despite generalized educational efforts
over the last several years. We are hopeful that our efforts to better inform contractors
and homeowners of this EPA rule will be effective in preventing environmental lead
exposure and lead poisoning in children.
For additional information on how to become EPA RRP certified please visit,
httl2://www2.epa. ovg /lead/jzeteertified.
Please contact me at 860-644-2511x250 should you have any questions or need any
additional information.
Thank you for your attention to this important initiative.
Sincerely,
Heather Oatis,RS HHS
Environmental Health Officer