Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
Agency 15 - VIRGINIA BOARD FOR ASBESTOS, LEAD, AND HOME INSPECTORS
Chapter 30 - VIRGINIA LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES REGULATIONS
Part VIII - Standards for Conducting Lead-Based Paint Activities
Section 18VAC15-30-550 - Risk assessment
Universal Citation: 8 VA Admin Code 15-30-550
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. A risk assessment shall only be conducted by individuals licensed by the board as risk assessors.
B. If conducted, a risk assessment shall be conducted as follows:
1. A visual inspection for risk assessment of
the residential dwelling or child-occupied facility shall be undertaken to
locate the existence of deteriorated paint, assess the extent and causes of
deterioration, and other potential lead-based paint hazards.
2. Background information regarding the
physical characteristics of the residential dwelling or child-occupied facility
and occupant use patterns that may cause lead-based paint exposure to one or
more children age six years and under shall be collected.
3. The following surfaces that are
determined, using documented methodologies, to have a distinct painting
history, shall be tested for the presence of lead:
a. Each friction surface or impact surface
with visibly deteriorated paint; and
b. All other surfaces with visibly
deteriorated paint.
4.
In residential dwellings, dust samples (either composite or single-surface
samples) from the interior window sill(s) and floor shall be collected and
analyzed for lead concentration in living areas where one or more children, age
six and under, are most likely to come into contact with dust.
5. For multi-family dwellings and
child-occupied facilities, the samples required in
18VAC15-30-550 B (3) shall be
taken. In addition, interior window sill and floor dust samples (either
composite or single-surface samples) shall be collected and analyzed for lead
concentration in the following locations:
a.
Common areas adjacent to the sampled residential dwelling or child-occupied
facility; and
b. Other common areas
in the building where the risk assessor determines that one or more children,
age six and under, are likely to come into contact with dust.
6. For child-occupied facilities,
interior window sill and floor dust samples (either composite or single-surface
samples) shall be collected and analyzed for lead concentration in each room,
hallway or stairwell utilized by one or more children, age six and under, and
in other common areas in the child-occupied facility where one or more
children, age six and under, are likely to come into contact with
dust.
7. Soil samples shall be
collected and analyzed for lead concentrations in the following locations:
a. Exterior play areas where bare soil is
present;
b. The rest of the yard
(i.e., nonplay areas) where bare soil is present; and
c. Dripline/foundation areas where bare soil
is present.
8. Any
paint, dust, or soil sampling or testing shall be conducted using documented
methodologies that incorporate adequate quality control procedures.
9. Any collected paint chip, dust, or soil
sample shall be sent for analysis to a laboratory recognized by EPA as being
capable of performing these activities.
Statutory Authority
§ 54.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.
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