lead painted pipe
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I'm not an expert on this, but I can almost guerentee that the employee would have to be wearing proper PPE, exposure limits, etc, and you can't just throw the stuff in the garbage. Might also take a look at OSHA 1926.62
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10641
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=10641
bhsrnd
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OSHA may well require specific PPE but the EPA regulates this kinda thing...
http://www.epa.gov/lead/
http://www.epa.gov/lead/
Electric-Light
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Would it be even more complicated in California?
My Casio watch came with perchlorate warning applicable to California. Any PVC insulated wires even Christmas lights come with "this product contains chemicals known to state of CA to cause health harm" statement.
My Casio watch came with perchlorate warning applicable to California. Any PVC insulated wires even Christmas lights come with "this product contains chemicals known to state of CA to cause health harm" statement.
wireguy8169
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You would have to check with the epa, I know in the few cases that I have ran into (that anyone actually said anything) we were able to take the pipe apart at a point where there was no paint, I do know if you do not find out and they find out it becomes even more of a pain than abatement....here is something kind of off topic but in PA maybe a year ago or so around Scranton a woman's kid I believe dropped a thermometer in the basement and it broke and the mercury not much either ended up on the floor. Man they made a huge thing of it (EPA) I think she had to replace the whole basement floor and jump through a bunch of hoops to move back in . I do understand the dangers but we use to play with that stuff like playdo. And that is not why I have this nervous twitch....:roll:
wtucker
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The short answer is, Don't worry about disposing of the debris from cutting that little bit of material.
OSHA doesn't care how you dispose of the lead, EPA does, and some states and municipalities do. OSHA is concerned with whether or not any employees get lead poisoning, which isn't the question you've asked.
"Abatement" is a legal term for removing lead in order to comply with the EPA standards regarding lead in "target housing" (residences where a child under 6 resides), or in "child-occupied facilities" such as commercial properties which contain day-care centers. If it's not target housing or a child-occupied facility, then removing the lead is lead "removal," not "abatement." That's important, because lead "abatement" is strictly regulated by EPA.
Either way, if you chuck lead into a dumpster, the dumpster should undergo a Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP). But one of the 8 ways to do the TCLP is by calculating the worst-case: How much lead could possibly be on the paint on the filings you're tossing into the dumpster, compared to the weight of the entire contents of the dumpster (which we assume contains no other lead-bearing material). Run those numbers on a calulator, and you'll find that the load will pass the TCLP, so the load's not hazardous.
OSHA doesn't care how you dispose of the lead, EPA does, and some states and municipalities do. OSHA is concerned with whether or not any employees get lead poisoning, which isn't the question you've asked.
"Abatement" is a legal term for removing lead in order to comply with the EPA standards regarding lead in "target housing" (residences where a child under 6 resides), or in "child-occupied facilities" such as commercial properties which contain day-care centers. If it's not target housing or a child-occupied facility, then removing the lead is lead "removal," not "abatement." That's important, because lead "abatement" is strictly regulated by EPA.
Either way, if you chuck lead into a dumpster, the dumpster should undergo a Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP). But one of the 8 ways to do the TCLP is by calculating the worst-case: How much lead could possibly be on the paint on the filings you're tossing into the dumpster, compared to the weight of the entire contents of the dumpster (which we assume contains no other lead-bearing material). Run those numbers on a calulator, and you'll find that the load will pass the TCLP, so the load's not hazardous.
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