Section 20-3304. PROHIBITED PRACTICES

 

3304.1The practices listed in this subsection are prohibited when performing any lead based paint activity or any renovation activity that disturbs presumed lead-based paint.  No individual, firm or business entity shall use:

 

(a)Open flame burning or torching of paint;

 

(b)Machine sanding, planing, or grinding, or use of a needle gun to remove paint or other surface coatings, without a high-efficiency particulate air  (HEPA) local exhaust control and without a shroud or containment system  that allows no visible dust or release of air to occur outside the shroud or  containment system;

 

(c)Abrasive blasting, water blasting, or sandblasting without HEPA local exhaust control or an effective containment system;

 

(d)Heat guns operating at or above eleven hundred degrees Fahrenheit (1100°F) or charring the paint;

 

(e)Dry sanding or dry scraping, except:

 

(1)Dry scraping within one foot (1 ft.) of electrical outlets;

 

(2)Dry scraping in conjunction with heat guns operating below eleven  hundred degrees Fahrenheit (1100°F); or

 

(3)Dry scraping when treating defective paint spots totaling no more  than two square feet (2 sq. ft) in any one interior room or space;

 

(f)Methylene chloride;

 

(g)Stripping paint in a poorly ventilated space using a volatile stripper that is  a hazardous substance as defined in 16 CFR § 1500.3, or any chemical  that is a physical hazard or a health hazard; and

 

(h)Scraping, sanding, drilling into, cutting, or otherwise disturbing more than  two square feet (2 sq. ft.) of paint in or on a residential property or a child  occupied facility built before 1978 without the use of appropriate  containment measures.

 

3304.2No individual, firm or business entity shall apply paint with a lead content of more than 0.009 percent (0.009%), in accordance with 16 CFR § 1303.1.

 

authority

District Department of the Environment Establishment Act of 2005, effective February 15, 2006 (D.C. Law 16-51; D.C. Official Code § 8-151.01 et seq. (2008 Repl. & 2012 Supp.)), the Childhood Lead Screening Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 14, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-265; D.C. Official Code § 7-871.03 (2008 Repl. & 2012 Supp.)), the Transfer of Lead Poison Prevention Program to the District Department of the Environment Amendment Act of 2008, effective August 16, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-219; 55 DCR 7602 (July 18, 2008)), the Lead-Hazard Prevention and Elimination Act of 2008, effective March 31, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-381; D.C. Official Code § 8-231.01 et seq. (2012 Supp.)), Mayor’s Order 2009-113, dated June 18, 2009, and the Lead Hazard Prevention and Elimination Amendment Act of 2010 (“2011 Amendments”), effective March 31, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-348; 58 DCR 717 (January 28, 2011)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 10909 (July 26, 2013).