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Lead RRP rule checker

Answer a few questions about a job to see whether EPA's lead renovation, repair and painting rule (40 CFR 745 Subpart E) covers it, or whether it is minor repair and maintenance, with the exact words of the rule.

Fact-checked against official sources (eCFR text as of Nov 4, 2026) · Last checked

Describe one job. Your input

Is the work performed for compensation?
Where is the work?
Were the affected components found free of lead-based paint in one of these ways?
Does the job involve window replacement?
Does it involve demolition of painted surface areas?
Will any practice prohibited or restricted by 745.85(a)(3) be used?

Count removed painted components by their whole surface area, and add up jobs in the same room within 30 days.

Is this an emergency renovation?

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Under 40 CFR 745 Subpart E Our calculation

No painted surface disturbed

A renovation is a modification that results in the disturbance of painted surfaces. Enter the area you will disturb.

“Target housing means any housing constructed prior to 1978, except housing for the elderly or persons with disabilities or any 0-bedroom dwelling (unless any child who is less than 6 years of age resides or is expected to reside in such housing).”
40 CFR 745.103, Target housing
“Child-occupied facility means a building, or portion of a building, constructed prior to 1978, visited regularly by the same child, under 6 years of age, on at least two different days within any week (Sunday through Saturday period), provided that each day's visit lasts at least 3 hours and the combined weekly visits last at least 6 hours, and the combined annual visits last at least 60 hours.”
40 CFR 745.83, Child-occupied facility
“Jobs, other than emergency renovations, performed in the same room within the same 30 days must be considered the same job for the purpose of determining whether the job is a minor repair and maintenance activity.”
40 CFR 745.83, Minor repair and maintenance activities

A study aid, not a compliance determination. You decide whether the building meets the definitions above. It does not cover HUD rules or other federal, State or local requirements. Your State or Tribe may run its own authorized program, so check its rules too.

A study aid, not legal or compliance advice. goraedu is not an EPA-accredited training provider, does not certify renovators or firms, and our questions are not a course exam. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. EPA or any State or Tribal lead program. Spot an error? Tell us.