Renovation, Repair and Painting Program: Operators of Child Care Facilities
EPA's Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule requires that renovations of child-occupied facilities be carried out only by lead-safe certified renovation firms, using certified renovators trained in lead-safe work practices. This is to ensure that these renovations do not inadvertently contaminate your facility and expose children to hazardous lead dust.
- Do you or your employees conduct renovation, repair or painting activities in a pre-1978 child-occupied facility where a child under six years of age regularly visits?
- If yes, then you must become a lead-safe certified firm and your employees who conduct renovation, repair or painting activities must become trained and certified renovators.
- If no, then hire only a lead-safe certified firm for building maintenance, renovation, repair or painting activities that could disturb lead-based paint. Make sure your building's contractor is lead-safe certified by asking to see proof. Firms certified by EPA are provided a certificate and an identification number. Find a lead-safe certified firm.
- Read more about RRP for Child Care Providers.
"Child-occupied facilities" (i.e., a building, or a portion of a building, constructed prior to 1978 and visited regularly by the same child under six years of age, such as schools, childcare facilities and hospitals) are likely to contain lead-based paint. EPA's RRP Rule provides important protections for you and your facility, and also requires that you take certain actions to protect children in your care.