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EPA lead rule puts state on the clock

Published: August 31, 2011
Tags: Department of Health Services, DHS, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Jon Halverson, lead paint, Lead Safe Services, Shelley Bruce, Terry O'Neill

The federal government will take over Wisconsin’s lead paint inspection and enforcement in two years if the state does not increase the maximum penalty for violations.

Wisconsin contractors await lead test kits

Published: September 21, 2010
Tags: Anundson, Asbestos and Lead Certification Section, Dan Askin, David Pekel, Department of Health Services, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, ESCA Tech, Hybrivet Systems, Joe Moriarty, lead, lead paint, Milwaukee, Pekel Construction and Remodeling, Samantha Dickman, Shelley Bruce, Testudo LLC, The OAR Group

By Joe Lanane Instead of buying a $25 kit to test for lead, Wisconsin contractors and, by extension, homeowners face shelling out up to $500 for an independent inspection before remodeling older homes. Lead Abatement at Two Residential Buildings – Phase 1 (HUD), La Crosse The state in April began requiring home-renovation contractors take lead-abatement [...]

State’s lead law leaves contractors at loose ends

Published: September 15, 2010
Tags: Beiriger, Department of Health Services, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, lead, Megan Taylor, Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Wisconsin Association, renovation, Samantha Dickman, Shelley Bruce, Testudo LLC, Wisconsin Builders Association

By Joe Lanane Industry groups still are confused over which contractors need lead paint renovation certification even though the Wisconsin regulation has been in place since April. The regulation requires home-renovation contractors be trained in lead paint cleanup before working on any house built before 1978, the year lead paint was made illegal. The law [...]

Contractors wait for lead licenses

Published: June 16, 2010
Tags: abatement, Ausavich, Carl Krueger Construction, contractors, Department of Health Services, Ellarson, Ken Peterson, lead, license, Micech, renovation, Shelley Bruce, West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency

By Sean Ryan The state is simultaneously slogging through a backlog of applications for lead removal licenses and reassuring contractors they will not be penalized for violating the new rules. Wisconsin on April 22 enacted new rules requiring home-renovation contractors train workers in lead abatement to get a state license before working on houses built [...]

Lead paint enforcement faces broad canvas (AUDIO)

Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: All About Windows & Siding, enforcement, EPA, inspector, Kuehl, lead, lead paint, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, osha, remediation, rules, Shelley Bruce, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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By Sean Ryan A contractor who intends to comply with new lead paint standards worries the state lacks the manpower to enforce the rules. If Robert Kuehl, president of All About Windows & Siding Inc., West Allis, follows the rules and his competitors don’t, he said, he could lose work because compliance costs money. If [...]

Contractors pay to get the lead out

Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: Ausavich, Carl Krueger Construction, certification, Duffey, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, High-Efficiency Particulate Air, High-Efficiency Particulate Air vacuum, lead paint, Milwaukee Lead/Asbestos Information Center, remediation, Renovations Ltd., Shelley Bruce, Tony Rink, training, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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By Sean Ryan The only choice for more than 20,000 residential contractors in Wisconsin is to set aside their concerns over new lead paint requirements and prepare to comply. “You can either grouse about it or say, ‘OK, we better be prepared and prepared to do it right,’” said Tony Rink, vice president and general [...]

Roofers fed up with asbestos training

Published: February 9, 2010
Tags: asbestos, Beiriger, Christon, F.J.A. Christiansen Roofing, Greg Johnson, Kubica, roofing, safety, Shelley Bruce, shingle, training, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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By Sean Ryan The only difference between a 40-hour asbestos course and an eight-hour class is the size of the bill, according to roofers who want the state to back off a new training requirement. “There really isn’t a payback to all of the additional costs that go into asbestos service and training,” said Greg [...]