Designation:E3074/E3074M−16StandardPracticeforClearanceExaminationsFollowingLeadHazardReductionActivitiesinSingleFamilyDwellings,inIndividualUnitsofMultifamilyDwellings,andinOtherChild-OccupiedFacilities1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE3074/E3074M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoversvisualassessmentforthepresenceofdeterioratedpaint,surfacedust,painteddebris,andpaintchipswithenvironmentalsamplingofsurfacedusttodeter-minewhetheraleadhazardexistsatthetimeofsamplecollection,followinglead-hazardreductionactivities,orotherbuildingmaintenanceandmodificationactivities.1.2Thispracticeaddressesclearanceexaminationofsingle-familydetacheddwellings(includingexteriorstructures,suchasfences),individualunitsinmultifamilydwellings,commonareasorexteriorsites,andchild-occupiedfacilities.1.3Thispracticealsoaddressesclearanceexaminationsthatmayincludesoilsampling,forexamplewhensoilabatementhasbeenperformed.1.4Thispracticeincludesaprocedurefordeterminingwhetherregulatoryrequirementsforleadclearancelevelsfordustand,wherewarranted,soilhavebeenmet,and,conse-quentlywhetheraclearancearea,passesorfailsaclearanceexamination.NOTE1—Thispracticeisbasedonthatportionof“clearance”describedfortheUnitedStatesofAmericain40CFRPart745forabatement,andin24CFRPart35forlead-hazardreductionactivitiesotherthanabatement.1.5ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealt...
