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Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program  -- Texas Department of State Health Services

EPA Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Rule information and downloads for the real estate community including real estate agents, buyers, sellers, renters, landlords, and residential property management companies.

EPA-Recognized Laboratories– List of laboratories that can conduct lead analyses for compliance with the Texas regulations.

EPA Resources on Lead – List of helpful resources on the EPA website concerning lead

Epidemiology -- Texas Department of State Health Services

Federal Requirements for Volunteer Paint and Rehabilitation Programs – a HUD fact sheet to educate volunteer programs to work safely around lead-based paint during rehab projects.

Free Lead Based Paint Training – Free one-day training for renovators and remodelers working around lead-based paint where the intent of the activities is not abatement, but, instead, are designed to repair, restore, or remodel a building.

HUD Lead Safe Work Practices must be used during lead hazard reduction, rehabilitation, and maintenance work that involves surfaces with presumed or identified lead-based paint.

HUD Technical Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing.

National Lead Information Center - Lead Hotline -- The National Lead Information Center (NLIC) provides the general public and professionals with information about lead hazards and their prevention.

OSHA Lead Standards and related information concerning worker protection.

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) -- (512) 239-6832 (lead waste disposal) or(512) 239-6020 (lead in water) -- TCEQ Region Directory

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs lead-based paint information page concerning HUD rules addressing lead-based paint hazards and to ensure that housing receiving federal assistance does not pose a lead-based paint hazard to young children.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Lead Hazard Control

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil

 

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Last Updated March 30, 2007