Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, September 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
211.180, 211.900-211.905, 211.9061-211.9079,
211.994,
217.660,
217.801,
40 C.F.R. Part 745
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
211.9065(4) and
211.9067
authorize the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative
regulations relating to the training, certification of persons, and standards
and procedures for activities related to conducting lead-hazard assessment and
abatement activities in target housing or child-occupied facilities.
KRS
211.9071 requires the department to comply
with the applicable rules and regulations of all federal agencies having
jurisdiction over issues concerning lead-hazards. This administrative
regulation establishes definitions for 902 KAR Chapter 48.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Abatement permit" means a permit issued
by the department to a person who plans to conduct lead-hazard abatement in
target housing or child-occupied facilities.
(2) "Abatement permit holder" means a person
who:
(a) Is certified by the department to
conduct lead abatement activities; and
(b) Has been issued a permit by the
department to conduct specific lead abatement activities.
(3) "Abatement plan" means a detailed,
written description of proposed planned abatement activities for lead-hazard
abatement, environmental lead-hazard control, cleanup, and clearance.
(4) "Accredited training program" means a
program for training individuals engaged in lead-hazard detection and abatement
activities, conducted by a training provider accredited by the
department.
(5) "Adequate quality
control" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(6) "Approved course" means a training
course:
(a) Approved under the initial
accreditation requirement of a training program; and
(b) Conducted by a provider who has met the
notification and reporting requirements of
902
KAR 48:030, Section 12.
(7) "Certificate of accreditation" means the
document issued by the department to a training provider certifying that the
provider has been approved to provide training courses for individuals who
perform lead-hazard detection and abatement activities.
(8) "Chewable surface" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.63.
(9) "Child" means a person six (6) years of
age or younger.
(10)
"Child-occupied facility" is defined by
KRS
211.9061(1).
(11) "Clearance level" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(12) "Common area" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(13) "Composite dust sample" means a sample
of dust:
(a) Consisting of two (2) or more
subsamples;
(b) Representing each
component being tested; and
(c)
Containing a subsample from only one (1) type of component.
(14) "Containment" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(15) "Course test blue print" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(16) "Department" is defined at
KRS
211.9061(2).
(17) "Deteriorated paint" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.63.
(18) "Discipline" means a category of work
performed by one (1) of the following persons:
(a) Lead-hazard inspector;
(b) Lead-hazard risk assessor;
(c) Lead-hazard dust sampling
technician;
(d) Lead-hazard
abatement worker;
(e) Lead-hazard
abatement supervisor;
(f)
Lead-hazard project designer; or
(g) Lead-hazard abatement company.
(19) "Distinct painting history"
is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(20) "Documented methodologies" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(21) "Dripline" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.63.
(22) "Dust-lead hazard" is defined by
40 C.F.R.
745.65(b).
(23) "Encapsulant" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(24) "Encapsulation" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(25) "Enclosure" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(26) "Equivalent method" means a method
demonstrated to the department by a certified person that:
(a) Is equally protective as documented
methodologies;
(b) Ensures adequate
quality control; and
(c) Protects
the environment.
(27)
"EPA" means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
(28) "Friction surface" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.63.
(29) "Guest instructor" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(30) "Hands-on skills assessment" is defined
by 40 C.F.R.
745.223.
(31) "Impact surface" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.63.
(32) "Interim control" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(33) "Interior window sill" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.63.
(34) "Large-scale" means an abatement project
with ten (10) or more residential dwellings.
(35) "Lead-hazard" means a hazard due to
excessive amounts of lead in:
(a)
Paint;
(b) Dust; or
(c) Soil.
(36) "Lead-hazard abatement" is defined by
KRS
211.9061(4).
(37) "Lead-hazard abatement worker" means a
person certified by the department to perform physical lead-hazard abatement
activities.
(38) "Lead-hazard
company" means a firm certified by the department to perform lead-hazard
assessment and abatement activities in target housing and child-occupied
facilities.
(39) "Lead-hazard
detection" is defined by
KRS
211.9061(3).
(40) "Lead-hazard dust sampling technician"
means person who performs clearance evaluation and sampling for nonabatement
activities that may create a lead dust hazard.
(41) "Lead-hazard inspection" means an
examination of painted surfaces within the interior or exterior of a
residential structure or child-occupied facility, to determine if hazardous
levels of lead are present.
(42)
"Lead-hazard inspector" means a person certified by the department to conduct:
(a) Lead-hazard inspections;
(b) Sample collection; and
(c) Lead-hazard dust clearance.
(43) "Lead-hazard project
designer" means a person certified by the department to prepare the following
items for a lead-hazard abatement project, in accordance with
902
KAR 48:040, Section 7:
(a) Abatement project plans;
(b) Abatement reports; and
(c) Occupant protection plans.
(44) "Lead-hazard risk assessment"
means an on-site investigation to determine the existence, nature, severity,
location of lead hazards.
(45)
"Lead-hazard risk assessor" means a person certified by the department to
conduct:
(a) Lead-hazard
inspections;
(b) Risk
assessments;
(c) Lead-hazard
screens;
(d) Sample collection;
and
(e) Lead-hazard dust
clearance.
(46)
"Lead-hazard screen" means a risk-assessment activity requiring reduced
sampling.
(47) "Lead-hazard
supervisor" means a person certified by the department to:
(a) Supervise lead-hazard abatement
activities; and
(b) Prepare, in
accordance with
902
KAR 48:040, Section 7:
1. Abatement plans;
2. Abatement reports; and
3. Occupant protection plans.
(48) "Living area" is
defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(49) "Permanently covered soil" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(50) "Person" is defined at
KRS
217.660(3).
(51) "Play area" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.63.
(52) "Post-abatement report" means a report
prepared at the conclusion of an abatement project, after clearance has been
achieved, in accordance with
902
KAR 48:040, Section 16.
(53) "Quality assurance inspection" means an
inspection conducted by the department to determine whether a lead abatement
activity complies with:
(a) Certification
requirements;
(b) Work practices;
and
(c) Performance
standards.
(54) "Quality
control plan" means a written plan prepared by the training manager describing
in-house controls to assure that the program meets the requirements in
902
KAR 48:030, Section 5.
(55) "Recognized laboratory" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(56) "Reduction" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(57) "Related work experience" means
experience in a profession associated with lead, asbestos, or environmental
remediation work; building renovation and remodeling; or building
construction.
(58) "Residential
dwelling" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(59) "Room" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.63.
(60) "Small-scale" means an abatement project
with less than ten (10) residential dwellings.
(61) "Soil-lead hazard" is defined by
40 C.F.R.
745.65(c).
(62) "Soil sample" means a sample collected
in a representative location using:
(a) ASTM
E 1727 "Standards Practice for Field Collection of Soil Samples for Lead
Determination by Atomic Spectroscopy Techniques";
(b) A documented methodology; or
(c) An equivalent method.
(63) "Target housing" is defined
by
KRS
211.9061(5).
(64) "Third-party examination" means a
written test approved and administered by the department or its designated
agent.
(65) "Training day" means
eight (8) training hours.
(66)
"Training hour" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(67) "Training manager" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.223.
(68) "Window trough" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.63.
(69) "Wipe sample" is defined by
40
C.F.R. 745.63.
(70) "XRF" means an x-ray fluorescence device
that indicates the lead levels of paint on a painted surface.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
211.090(3),
211.9065(4),
211.9067,
211.9071