Do you have any experience with the EPA RRP Lead Paint Rules & Regulations?

Do you have any experience with the EPA RRP Lead Paint Rules & Regulations?
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Like asbestos, “encapsulating” seems to be the cheapest way to deal with it. (paint over it.) If you want to remove it there is a whole procedure for avoiding disbursement, protecting workers, clean up and waste disposal that is so complicated you need to hire environmental compliance experts to do the work. If you want to do it yourself you might want to hire an industrial hygienist as a consultant.
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