Provides guidance for the management of lead paint on non-industrial structures such as residential, public and commercial buildings. It provides information on methods for determining whether lead is present on a building, the amount of lead present and the selection of an appropriate management strategy.
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope
1.2 Application
1.3 Referenced documents
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Lead paint
1.6 Risk of lead paint
1.7 Home and building owners
1.8 Small project
1.9 Lead abatement contractor
1.10 Lead specialist
1.11 Building classifications
1.12 Systematic approach
1.13 Risk assessment
2 Detection and assessment of lead paint
2.1 General
2.2 Historical lead level
2.3 Condition of paint
2.3.1 Lead in deteriorating paint
2.3.2 Lead in paint during maintenance or renovation
2.4 Methods of detection
2.4.1 General
2.4.2 Portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) field tests
2.4.3 Laboratory analysis
2.5 Interpretation of results
2.5.1 XRF field test results
2.5.2 Laboratory analysis results
3 Options for managing lead paint
3.1 General
3.2 Contractor competency
3.3 Doing nothing
3.4 Lead paint stabilization
3.4.1 General
3.4.2 Preparing the surface
3.5 Lead paint abatement
3.5.1 General
3.5.2 Replacement of painted items
3.5.3 Enclosure
3.5.4 Removal or disturbance of lead paint
3.6 Containment
4 Procedures for paint stabilization
4.1 General
4.2 Containment
4.3 Over-painting
4.3.1 Description
4.3.2 Surfaces suitable for over-painting
4.3.3 Surface preparation
4.3.4 Materials
4.3.5 Procedure
4.4 Encapsulation
4.4.1 Description
4.4.2 Surfaces suitable for encapsulation
4.4.3 Surface preparation
4.4.4 Encapsulant materials
5 Procedures for paint removal
5.1 General
5.2 Containment of lead-bearing dust and waste
5.3 Precautions for interior paintwork
5.3.1 Preparation
5.3.2 Final decontamination
5.4 Precautions for exterior paintwork
5.4.1 Preparation
5.4.2 Final decontamination
5.5 Final clean-up of dust
5.5.1 General
5.5.2 Equipment
5.5.3 Procedure
5.6 Clearance testing
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Soil sampling
5.6.3 Surface dust sampling
5.6.4 Acceptance criteria
5.6.4.1 Soil lead content
5.6.4.2 Surface lead dust loadings
5.6.5 Background monitoring
6 Protection of workers and the public
6.1 General
6.2 Exposure
6.3 Regulated area
6.4 Protective clothing and equipment
6.5 Personal hygiene
6.6 Responsible person
6.7 Health monitoring
6.8 Signs
6.9 Non-competent workers
6.10 Public health
7 Waste management
7.1 Scope
7.2 Background information
7.3 Waste generators
7.4 Responsibilities
7.4.1 Owner’s responsibilities
7.4.2 Contractor’s responsibility
7.5 Site handling and storage of waste
7.5.1 General
7.5.2 Waste collection
7.5.3 Waste containers
7.5.4 Waste storage
7.6 Waste sampling, classification and analysis
7.6.1 Sampling
7.6.2 Number of samples
7.6.3 Sampling shipping and documentation
7.6.4 Waste analysis
7.7 Hazardous waste disposal
7.7.1 General
7.7.2 Disposal options
7.7.3 Waste carriers
7.8 Disposal of non-hazardous solid waste
7.9 Wastewater management
7.10 Disposal of consumable supplies
7.11 Waste management plan
8 Project design, implementation and completion
8.1 General
8.2 Project design
8.3 Project start-up and implementation
8.4 Project completion
8.5 Project completion report
Appendix A
A1 Scope
A2 Historical painting records
A3 Methods of lead identification
A3.1 Method 1: X-ray fluorescence
A3.1.1 Principle
A3.1.2 Equipment
A3.1.3 Procedure
A3.1.4 Report
A3.2 Method 2: Lead detection by laboratory testing
