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6 <br />FOR PROPERTY OWNERS <br />You have the ultimate responsibility for the safety of your family, tenants, or children <br />in your care. <br />This means properly preparing for the renovation and keeping persons out of the work <br />area (see p. 8). It also means ensuring the contractor uses lead-safe work practices. <br />Federal law requires that contractors performing renovation, repair and painting projects <br />that disturb painted surfaces in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978 <br />be certified and follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination. <br />Make sure your contractor is certified, and can explain clearly the details of the job <br />and how the contractor will minimize lead hazards during the work. <br />t:PVDBOWFSJGZUIBUBDPOUSBDUPSJTDFSUJöFECZDIFDLJOH&1"TXFCTJUFBU <br />epa.gov/getleadsafePSCZDBMMJOHUIF/BUJPOBM-FBE*OGPSNBUJPO$FOUFSBU <br />1-800-424-LEAD (5323). You can also ask to see a copy of the contractor’s <br />firm certification. <br />t"TLJGUIFDPOUSBDUPSJTUSBJOFEUPQFSGPSNMFBETBGFXPSLQSBDUJDFTBOEUPTFFB <br />copy of their training certificate. <br />t"TLUIFNXIBUMFBETBGFNFUIPETUIFZXJMMVTFUPTFUVQBOEQFSGPSNUIFKPCJOZPVS <br />home, child care facility or school. <br />t"TLGPSSFGFSFODFTGSPNBUMFBTUUISFFSFDFOUKPCTJOWPMWJOHIPNFTCVJMUCFGPSF  <br />and speak to each personally. <br />Always make sure the contract is clear about how the work will be set up, <br />performed, and cleaned. <br />t4IBSFUIFSFTVMUTPGBOZQSFWJPVTMFBEUFTUTXJUIUIFDPOUSBDUPS <br />t:PVTIPVMETQFDJGZJOUIFDPOUSBDUUIBUUIFZGPMMPXUIFXPSLQSBDUJDFTEFTDSJCFEPO <br />pages 9 and 10 of this brochure. <br />t5IFDPOUSBDUTIPVMETQFDJGZXIJDIQBSUTPGZPVSIPNFBSFQBSUPGUIFXPSLBSFBBOE <br />specify which lead-safe work practices will be used in those areas. Remember, your <br />contractor should confine dust and debris to the work area and should minimize <br />spreading that dust to other areas of the home. <br />t5IFDPOUSBDUTIPVMEBMTPTQFDJGZUIBUUIFDPOUSBDUPSXJMMDMFBOUIFXPSLBSFB WFSJGZ <br />that it was cleaned adequately, and re-clean it if necessary. <br />If you think a worker is not doing what he is supposed to do or is doing something <br />that is unsafe, you should: <br />t%JSFDUUIFDPOUSBDUPSUPDPNQMZXJUISFHVMBUPSZBOEDPOUSBDUSFRVJSFNFOUT <br />t$BMMZPVSMPDBMIFBMUIPSCVJMEJOHEFQBSUNFOU PS <br />t$BMM&1"hTIPUMJOF1-800-424-LEAD (5323). <br />*GZPVSQSPQFSUZSFDFJWFTIPVTJOHBTTJTUBODFGSPN)6% PSBTUBUFPSMPDBMBHFODZUIBU <br />VTFT)6%GVOET<br /> ZPVNVTUGPMMPXUIFSFRVJSFNFOUTPG)6%T-FBE4BGF)PVTJOH3VMF <br />and the ones described in this pamphlet. <br />7 <br />FOR TENANTS AND FAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER SIX <br />YEARS OF AGE IN CHILD CARE FACILITIES AND SCHOOLS <br />You play an important role ensuring the ultimate <br />safety of your family. <br />This means properly preparing for the renovation <br />and staying out of the work area (see p. 8). <br />Federal law requires that contractors performing <br />renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb <br />painted surfaces in homes built before 1978 and in <br />child care facilities and schools built before 1978, that <br />a child under six years of age visits regularly, to be <br />certified and follow specific work practices to prevent <br />lead contamination. <br />The law requires anyone hired to renovate, repair, or do <br />painting preparation work on a property built before <br />1978 to follow the steps described on pages 9 and 10 unless the area where the work <br />will be done contains no lead-based paint. <br />If you think a worker is not doing what he is supposed to do or is doing something <br />that is unsafe, you should: <br />t$POUBDUZPVSMBOEMPSE <br />t$BMMZPVSMPDBMIFBMUIPSCVJMEJOHEFQBSUNFOU PS <br />t$BMM&1"hTIPUMJOF1-800-424-LEAD (5323). <br />If you are concerned about lead hazards left behind after the job is over, you can <br />check the work yourself (see page 10).