Indiana Administrative Code
Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Article 32 - LEAD-BASED PAINT PROGRAM
Rule 4 - Work Practices for Abatement Activities
Section 4-5 - Abatement procedures for abatement activities
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-39.8-6
Affected: IC 16-41-39.8
Sec. 5.
An abatement shall be conducted only by a person licensed by the department to remove lead-based paint. An abatement shall be conducted as follows:
(1) A licensed supervisor is required for each abatement project and shall be on-site and responsible for direct supervision of workers during all:
Lead-based paint workers shall have access to the supervisor throughout the duration of the project.
(2) The licensed supervisor and the licensed contractor employing that supervisor shall ensure that all abatement activities are conducted according to the requirements of this section and all other federal, state, and local requirements.
(3) Notification of the commencement of lead-based paint abatement activities in target housing or a child-occupied facility or as a result of a federal, state, or local order shall be given to the department prior to the commencement of abatement activities as provided in section 6 of this rule.
(4) A written occupant protection plan shall be developed for all abatement projects and shall be prepared according to the following procedures:
(5) The work practices shall be restricted during an abatement as follows:
(6) If conducted, soil abatement shall be conducted as follows:
(7) When sealing the work area off from the nonwork area, six (6) mil sheeting shall be used, and all tears, breaks, cracks, and openings in the containment system shall be repaired as they occur.
(8) All persons entering a work area during a lead-abatement project that involves breaking or disturbing lead-painted surfaces shall wear disposable shoe covers that shall be removed upon leaving the work area and placed with lead-abated waste. Any persons entering a work area during lead paint removal activity using a heat gun, scraping, HEPA sanding, or chemical stripping, or during replacement and during the cleanup process shall also wear appropriate respirator protection in accordance with all OSHA requirements found at 29 CFR 1926.62 **. In every abatement activity that results in the disturbance of lead-based paint, polyethylene plastic sheeting shall always be placed directly below the work area.
(9) A supervisor shall post warning signs at all entrances and exits to work area. The warning signs posted shall read "Warning Lead Work Area Poison No Smoking or Eating".
(10) Access of nonworkers to abatement work areas shall be limited. The abatement work crew supervisor is responsible for enforcing this limited access. Only the persons informed by the supervisor of potential lead hazards and who have a direct relationship to the project may enter the work area.
(11) Any surfaces that have been stripped with caustic chemicals or that have come into contact with caustic or solvent-based liquid waste shall be cleaned by wet washing until there is no visible residue.
(12) Work areas shall be restricted by barrier tape.
(13) A thorough cleanup of the entire area under active abatement shall occur daily during the entire interior and exterior abatement process. This daily cleanup shall consist of the following:
*This document is incorporated by reference. Sales of the Code of Federal Regulations are handled exclusively by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
**This document is incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, 732 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20401 or are available for review and copying from the Indiana Department of Health, Indiana Lead and Healthy Homes Program, Fifth Floor, 2 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.
Transferred from the Air Pollution Control Board (326 IAC 23-4-5) to the Indiana State Department of Health (410 IAC 32-4-5) by P.L. 57-2009, SECTION 17, effective July 1, 2009.