The EPA and States that manage the Lead RRP rule are stepping up enforcement efforts.

A CT contractor was recently fined for not complying with the rules in place dealing with EPA's Lead RRP.

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Help Us Help Families

This year the Denver PDCA Charity Painting Project is the painting of Family Guest rooms at the Denver Ronald McDonald House at 1300 E. 21st Ave. in Denver.  The painting work includes the repainting of walls in thirty one (31) family guest rooms, where families can be near their seriously ill or injured children while they are being treated at nearby hospitals.  

The Denver PDCA is asking all metro Denver Painting Pros to donate labor time and to bring some crew members to complete painting work during two weekends in November.   Help is being sought from both Denver PDCA Members and non-members.  The family guest rooms wall painting work will take place Saturday and Sunday, November 13th and 14th and again the following weekend, Saturday and Sunday, November 20th and 21st.  All four days, work will commence at 8:00 am and conclude at 4:30 pm.  Lunch will be provided all four days.  Get there early for coffee and donuts.

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Signup to help one or more days online signup form or by calling the Denver PDCA office at 303-825-PDCA (7322).

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At the September 2010 regular monthly meeting of the Denver PDCA, attendees learned that concerns regarding asbestos hazards had not gone away. Painting contractors and all others in the construction industry need to remain on guard for the liabilities that State and Federal regulations place at their company's doorstep.  Lauren York, the Director of Operations and one of the owners of Weecycle Environmental Consulting, spoke to meeting attendees about Abestos, Lead, Mold and Methamphetamine exposures in renovation projects.  Lauren shared that all renovation projects should have an asbestos inspection to determine if there is indeed asbestos present that would then need to be abated.  

For the article title I decided to use the word uptick because it identifies an increase or upturn (uptick usually refers to stock transactions on the rise).  According to Mr. Jeff Adams, a Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE)  Asbestos Inspector, the occurrence of asbestos in new construction materials has actually been on the rise in the past several years due to NAFTA and imported materials.