The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced it has settled with West Chester, Penn.-based Chapman Windows and Doors over violations of the lead-based paint Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule. The violation comes around a month after the EPA settled with another window company, True View Windows, over similar violations. The RRP rule was created to […]

Last September, I wrote a cautiously optimistic blog about the Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (LRRP). In it, I expressed my enthusiasm that our industry was working hard to make our voice heard on the issue and that the government was undergoing a mandatory Section 610 Review of the policy. After the headlines last […]

After completing a federally mandated two-year review of the economic impacts of the Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (RRP), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Tuesday that there will be no changes to the regulation. The RRP rule, which has been deeply unpopular among door and window installers since the EPA first published it […]

Advanced Window Inc. of Frederick, MD,  is facing $67,180 in penalties from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for lead paint violations that the agency said occurred during window replacement work at the Southern Towers apartments in Alexandria, VA, in 2015. According to the EPA, the company violated the agency’s Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting rule […]

A federal appeals court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise its lead-paint standards within 90 days and write new rules within a year. The 2-1 decision last week by the San Francisco-based Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit came in response to environmental groups demanding that the EPA act upon a […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week that it completed 127 federal enforcement actions during the past year related to lead paint, mostly targeting  contractors, landlords and property managers. Most of them were for violations of the controversial Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule, which many in the door and window industry say […]

The Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule has been and continues to be a sore spot for our industry. To date, very little if any progress has been made by the EPA to make this program viable. An affordable – and accurate – test kit remains elusive. So, where do we go from here? […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week announced settlements with two Denver-area contractors as part of an ongoing initiative to protect residents of northeast Denver communities from toxic lead paint hazards during home renovations. Solid Ground Homes LLC has agreed to pay a penalty of $18,000 to resolve allegations the firm performed a renovation […]

From October 2015 through September 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that it entered into 123 settlements for alleged violations of three lead-based paint rules –the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule; the Lead Disclosure Rule; and the Lead-based Paint Activities Rule for abatements. Collectively, the settlements require violators to pay $1,046,655 in […]

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the comment period for a review of the agency’s controversial Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting rule (RRP). That comment period recently ended, and several associations that represent the fenestration industry have weighed in. The Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) submitted extensive comments to the EPA urging fixes […]