C. Essential Maintenance Practices for Property owners

(Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction and Financing Task Force. 1995. Putting the Pieces Together: Controlling lead Hazards in the Nation's Housing. US Department of Housing and Urban Development. p. 67 (Document HUD-1547-LBP))

1. Use safe work practices during work that disturbs paint that may contain lead to avoid creating LBP hazards.

1. Do not use unsafe paint removal practices including

1. Open flame burning;
2. Power sanding or sandblasting (unless a special vacuum attachment is used to contain dust);
3. Water blasting; and
4. Dry scraping more than a de minimis surface area (for example, more than one square foot per room).

1. Use good work practices and take precautions to prevent the spread of lead dust (for example, limit access to the work area only to workers, cover the work area with six mil polyethylene plastic or equivalent; protect works; protect occupants' belongings by covering or removing from the work area; wet painted surfaces before disturbing; and wet debris before sweeping).
2. Perform specialized cleaning of the work area upon completion of work using methods designed to remove lead-contaminated dust.

1. Perform visual examinations for deteriorating paint (unless the paint is found not to be LBP);

1. At unit turnover; and
2. Every 12 months (unless the tenant refuses entry).

1. Promptly and safely repair deteriorated paint and the cause of the deterioration. If more than a de minimis amount of paint (for example, more than one square foot per room) has deteriorated (unless the paint is found not to be LBP);

1. Make the surface intact by paint stabilization, enclosure, encapsulation, or removal.
2. Follow Essential Maintenance Practice #1 (above) when repairing the surface.
3. Diagnose and correct any physical conditions causing the paint deterioration (for example, structural and moisture problems causing substrate failure or conditions causing painted surfaces to be crushed).
4. When there is extensive paint deterioration (for example, more than five square feet per room), the procedures for dust testing after Standard Treatments apply.

1. Provide generic LBP hazard information to tenants as per Title X (ten) including the EPA-developed educational pamphlet and any information available about LBP or LBP hazards specific to the unit.
2. Post written notice to tenants asking tenants to report deteriorating paint and informing them whom to contact. Promptly respond to tenants' reports and correct deteriorating paint, with accelerated response in units occupied by a child under age six or a pregnant woman00and in no case longer than 30 days. Do not retaliate against tenants who report deteriorating paint.
3. Train maintenance staff. At a minimum, maintenance supervisors need to complete a one-day training course based on the HUD/DPA operations and maintenance/interim control activities curriculum. The maintenance supervisor must ensure that workers either take the one-day training course or have a clear understanding of LPB hazards, unsafe practices, occupant protection, and dust cleanup methods by such means as on-the-job training and video instruction. The maintenance supervisor needs to provide adequate oversight of workers who have not taken the training course.