The practices listed in this subsection are prohibited when performing any lead based paint activity or any renovation activity that disturbs presumed lead-based paint. No individual, firm or business entity shall use:

(a) Open flame burning or torching of paint;

(b) Machine sanding, planing, or grinding, or use of a needle gun to remove paint or other surface coatings, without a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) local exhaust control and without a shroud or containment system that allows no visible dust or release of air to occur outside the shroud or containment system;

(c) Abrasive blasting, water blasting, or sandblasting without HEPA local exhaust control or an effective containment system;

(d) Heat guns operating at or above eleven hundred degrees Fahrenheit (1100°F) or charring the paint;

(e) Dry sanding or dry scraping, except:

(1) Dry scraping within one foot (1 ft.) of electrical outlets;

(2) Dry scraping in conjunction with heat guns operating below eleven hundred degrees Fahrenheit (1100°F); or

(3) Dry scraping when treating defective paint spots totaling no more than two square feet (2 sq. ft) in any one interior room or space;

(f) Methylene chloride;

(g) Stripping paint in a poorly ventilated space using a volatile stripper that is a hazardous substance as defined in 16 CFR § 1500.3, or any chemical that is a physical hazard or a health hazard; and

(h) Scraping, sanding, drilling into, cutting, or otherwise disturbing more than two square feet (2 sq. ft.) of paint in or on a residential property or a child occupied facility built before 1978 without the use of appropriate containment measures.

No individual, firm or business entity shall apply paint with a lead content of more than 0.009 percent (0.009%), in accordance with 16 CFR § 1303.1.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 10909 (July 26, 2013).