Class offered to contractors
on new lead law
Originally
published January 28, 2010
By
Ed Waters Jr. News-Post Staff
Call To Action - Health Care Reform Bill
With feedback from members resulting in 96% in
strong opposition, NARI has sent communication to
United States Senate and House leaders voicing grave
concern about the employee health care coverage
mandate which unfairly singles out small
construction companies. On January 15, NARI issued
a Call to Action to all Chapter delegates and
members encouraging them to contact their
representatives and voice the opposition. This Call
to Action has been broadly posted and circulated.
! The bill is expected to be reconciled in
committee before the President's State of the Union
Address.
It is critically important that all NARI Chapters
and members exercise the Voice of the Remodeling
Industry. Act now! Let's be heard.
Click here for details.
Lead Paint Rule Effective April 2010 ... click
here to
register for certification.
The Lead Paint Renovation, Repair, and Paining rule
is scheduled to become effective April 22, 2010.
What does this mean to you? If you conduct
renovation projects in homes build before 1978 it
means the following:
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You will need to provide the owner or occupants
the flyer Renovate Right prior to starting work |
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Your firm must be certified by EPA to conduct
renovation, repair, and painting in pre 1978
homes. The application must be submitted by
January 22 to be able to be certified by April
22 2010. Here is the link to the application.
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/toolkits.htm
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There
must be a sufficient number of your staff that
have attended an EPA Certified Renovator program
to be able to properly supervise the remodeling
projects your company conducts. Here is the
link to certified trainer:
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/trainingproviders.htm
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When
required, your company will use Lead Safe Work
Practices and properly document all work
completed as required by EPA. |
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For additional information go to
http://www.nari.org/LeadSafetyInformation.asp
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Failure to comply with this rule can result
in fine of up to $32,500 per day per offense and
jail time. Be wise. Comply. |
Important Notice ... this could effect you!
Recognizing the impact workplace fraud has on
workers, law abiding employers and taxpayers,
Governor O'Malley introduced and the General
Assembly approved the Workplace Fraud Act of 2009 to
crack down on the practice. The new law will take
effect October 1, 2009. Regulations will be drafted,
and DLLR will convene a working group to provide
input during that process. The
Workplace Fraud Act of 2009 provides the state
with tools to crack down on workplace fraud, which
involves employers who wrongly classify their
employees as independent contractors or do not
classify them at all.
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Award Winners.
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