RRP And The EPA Must Be Stopped

Originally Posted by Mike Finley

Can someone come up with or is there already a letter that we can all use to send to our congressmen to demand a repeal of this law or a delay of it's implementation?

Originally Posted by oldfrt

As posted by SLS?
http://www.wddalliance.org./pdf/WDDA%20EPA%20letter.pdf

Originally Posted by Greg Di

At what point does the EPA realize that people are just going to say F-U to all this?

Does anyone here picture themselves being 100% compliant 100% of the time? Personally, I don't think it's possible. If you don't agree, then I think you are working in a different world than I am.

Originally Posted by Mike Finley

Can someone come up with or is there already a letter that we can all use to send to our congressmen to demand a repeal of this law or a delay of it's implementation?

Originally Posted by Mike Finley

If it's a HUD home it's 2 sq ft.

You must also contact the homeowner's mortgage company to determine if his mortgage falls under FHA making it a HUD home.

How's that sound?

Also if you are working on a job site for a GC and the house is still in the containment phase - (meaning you're doing rough in work) you must be certified and you must operate under the same guidelines. Tyvek, gloves, booties, mask, trashbags, goosenecked, take off suit when you leave the containment area, hepa vac all your work clothing... go out to the truck get that wire nut you forgot, go back put all your work clothing back on go back into the containment area put the wire nut on... oh damit I needed that switch cover... hepa vac yourself, remove all work clothing go out the containment door to your truck come back put on all your work clothing...

Originally Posted by CharlesD

Today I read that the IRS will be in charge of enforcing the new "health care" laws and will hire up to 12,000 new agents for that purpose.

All the government has to do is put the IRS in charge of tracking home owners and contractors who do remodeling.

I'm not smart enough to figure out all the details of how they will keep track of things, but every bone in my body says they could do it with tax returns.

The Federal, State and local governments kept adding rules and regulations year after year and good contractors used them to gain an advantage over illegal's and cheats. Now there's a law that goes beyond our comfort zone so there's an uproar.

My personal opinion is we're way to late in our effort to stop things like this. The fight should have been years ago, Do you actually believe the average Senator or Representative would have the stigma of voting against controlling something that poisons children? The survival of our freedoms, free enterprise and capitalism isn't on their minds nowadays.

Originally Posted by rselectric1

Six square feet adds up pretty quickly. Even enough remodel can cutouts and you pass the limit.

As Mike Finley said, HUD is only 2 square feet. (maybe 4 can light holes?)

As a courtesy to the person who comes in after me to repair the walls on a service call, I usually make a nice neat cut down the center of the studs and if possible, cut out and re-install the drywall with a cut out so all they have to do is tape.

Not anymore (at least on target housing)

Originally Posted by Mike Finley

I became a EPA certified contractor today.

I must say that nothing since I started a contracting business have I run into that has been what I feel is a deadly hammer blow to the ability of a contractor to run a profitable business as this new RRP rules.

After sitting through 8 hours of this and listening to the questions and answers and asking some very specific ones myself, I personally believe that no legitimate contractor will be able to be 100% compliant to these new rules and regulations, AND remain a viable business.

In my opinion - on April 22, the EPA will essentiall turn every single person in the home improvement field into a criminal no matter how well intentioned an individual is to comply with these regulations.

After taking the certification I am personally appalled that this legislation was allowed to get to where it is.

I'm willing to personally fund to some degree whatever anyone can come up with to begin getting the news and information out about this and doing whatever we can to at the least change it or at the best revoke it.

I believe it is time to see what political power can be harnessed with the collective membership of contractortalk.com, and I can think of no better cause then this horribly debilitating EPA regulation.

Whatever ideas you have please post them, I am serious at helping fund anything we can come up with that might help. Whether it's some sort of petition, or a website of information and protest of this thing or somehow getting our collective voice heard in Washington. I don't know what the solution should be, but I really believe this legislation is one of the worst things that has ever happened to the field of home improvements and will ultimately reshape our industry in nothing but a negative way for all involved.

If this is accepted as a serious proposition I would hope the moderators would make this post or one that become more refined as a solution as a sticky.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by a1propertyclean

Greed created a need for the preservation industry and greed is destroying it.
Linda

Originally Posted by Alwaysconfusd11

Anyone that has a house built before 1978 and cares about quality is going to have a hell of a time finding a contractor after April 22nd...I am forgoing the training, for now, and just not getting involved in any work in a home built before 1978 that requires disturbing any painted surfaces.

Originally Posted by Mike Finley

I saw that one from before. I don't care for it. It's too wishy washy and doesn't address the point that nobody can be compliant with the regulations. It also needs to talk about how the timing for this is ridiculous.