Lead Information
EPA – Lead 
OSHA – Safety and Health Topics – Lead
OSHA Fact Sheet – Lead
CDC – Lead
NIOSH – Lead
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - ToxFAQs for Lead
Developing and Implementing a Lead Hazard Control Program
AR 420-1 Army Facilities Management is the Army facilities policy for lead. Each installation is required to develop and implement a lead hazard management program to evaluate and control lead hazards in pre-1978 Army family housing and other child-occupied facilities. Lead hazards are to be managed in place whenever this is effective and more economical than abatement. Installations must follow Federal, State, and local regulations.
Performing Lead Hazard Assessments Including Inspections, Risk Assessments, and Clearance Examinations
Defining Scopes of Work
To provide defensible results, paint, surface dust, and soil sampling must be performed by trained and certified personnel or contractors according to an adequate protocol.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers scopes of work for lead inspections/risk assessments are:
Standard Guide for Conducting Lead Hazard Assessments of Dwellings and of Other Child-Occupied Facilities (ASTM E2115-06) covers how to conduct, document, and report findings of a lead hazard assessment of dwellings and of other child-occupied facilities.
Finding and Selecting Consultants and Laboratories
Blood Lead Laboratories is the OSHA list of laboratories approved for blood lead analysis. The OSHA lead standards (general industry and construction) require employers to provide biological monitoring for workers exposed to airborne lead above the action level. Monitoring must be provided for lead and zinc protoporphyrin (or free erythrocyte protoporphyrin) in blood. The employer is required to have these analyses performed by a laboratory that meets accuracy requirements specified by OSHA.
Laboratories must be recognized by the National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (NLLAP) . There must be adequate quality control during sampling and analysis.
The USAPHC (Prov) Directorate of Laboratory Sciences is an NLLAP-recognized laboratory. It offers lead analysis in accordance with the ASTM standards and NIOSH/HUD/EPA methods. 
Sampling and Analyzing for Lead
NIOSH Method 9100: Lead in Surface Wipes
NIOSH Method 7702: Lead by Portable Field XRF
NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods - Lead
There are several methods for sampling lead found here.
NIOSH Pocket Guide – Lead
Industrial Hygiene Air Sampling and Bulk Sampling Instructions (USAPHC Technical Guide 141)
OSHA Sampling and Analytical Methods provides five standard particulate sampling techniques used to evaluate lead exposures and information on lead test kits .
HUD Guidelines Chapter 5 Lead-Based Paint Risk Assessment describes the EPA/HUD sampling and analytical methods.
Standard Specification for Wipe Sampling Materials for Lead in Surface Dust (ASTM E1792-03)
Providing Information to Occupants of Army Family Housing
Installations must inform all new tenants of Army family housing what is known about lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards in their units.
The Federal regulation is: Lead; Requirements for Disclosure of Known Lead-Based Paint and Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing; Final Rule . (HUD 24 CFR Part 35 & EPA 40 CFR Part 745). A summary of the rule is at: Lead Disclosure Rule .
Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home (EPA Pamphlet 747-K-94-001) is provided as part of the Army family housing information packages.
Installations and contractors must also provide information to the present tenants of housing units where renovations will disturb lead-based paint.
Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; Lead Hazard Information Pamphlet; Notice of Availability; Final Rule (EPA 40 CFR Part 745) became effective April 2008 and will be fully implemented as of April 22, 2010. It addresses lead-based paint hazards created by renovation, repair, and painting activities that disturb lead-based paint in target housing and child-occupied facilities.
Requirements for Notification, Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally Owned Residential Property and Housing Receiving Federal Assistance; Final Rule (HUD 24 CFR Part 35) specifies notification procedures for occupants concerning activities in housing to be sold.
Planning and Performing Lead Hazard Control Work
Developing Specifications and Work Practices
National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) offers two lead-based paint hazard publications that can be purchased online. These documents will help in developing specifications and work practices:
Check State and local requirements for compliance.
Selecting Lead Hazard Control Products
The HUD Guidelines Chapter 13 Encapsulation provides information on encapsulation systems. Some State regulations may require State approval of certain products. ASTM has developed standards for encapsulants:
Standard Guide for Selection and Use of Liquid Coating Encapsulation Products for Leaded Paint in Buildings (ASTM E1796-03)
Standard Specification for Non-Reinforces Liquid Coating Encapsulation Products for Leaded Paint in Buildings (ASTM E1795-04)
Standard Specification for Reinforced Liquid Coating Encapsulation Products for Leaded Paint in Buildings (ASTM E1797-04)
Disposing of Lead-Contaminated Waste
EPA considers lead-contaminated waste from residential buildings (including both Army family housing and barracks) to be household waste rather than hazardous waste. States may not concur with this view, so check with State regulators before assuming this is the case.
Otherwise, it is necessary to determine if wastes from lead hazard control activities are hazardous waste based on their lead content as determined by a toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) analysis. Samples submitted for TCLP analysis should be representative of all of the building components. The protocol for taking samples should allow the determination to be made before the job begins.
Standard Guide for Sample Selection of Debris waste from a Building Renovation or Lead Abatement Project for Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) testing for Leachable Lead (Pb) (ASTM E1908-03)
Wastes from paint stripping may be determined to be hazardous wastes based on toxicity or corrosivity.
Guidance for the Disposal of Lead on Army Real Property
Lead; Identification of Dangerous Levels of Lead; Final Rule (EPA 40 CFR Part 745), establishes standards for lead-based paint hazards in most pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities.
Requirements for Notification, Evaluation and Reduction of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Federally Owned Residential Property and Housing Receiving Federal Assistance; Final Rule (HUD 24 CFR Part 35, et al.) lists the requirements for lead abatement for the sale of Army real property.
Lead Hazard Management Program Evaluation
The Environmental Performance Assessment Systems (EPAS) mandated in AR 200-1, Environmental Protection and Enhancement uses evaluation protocols that are updated quarterly.
Training and Certification Requirements
Installation personnel and contractors must be trained and certified to perform lead hazard evaluation or abatement work. They must meet any applicable State training, certification, and licensing requirements. EPA’s own training and certification requirements apply in states that do not have their own regulations.
There are no qualification requirements for performing non-abatement renovation work. However, the EPA and HUD offer joint course material when the target audience is renovators, remodelers, painters, and maintenance personnel.
EPA’s Training and Certification for Lead-Based Paint Activities
EPA’s Training, Certification and Accreditation
Lead; Fees for Accreditation of Training Programs and Certification of Lead-Based Paint Activities Contractors; Final Rule (EPA 40 CFR Part 745)
Lead; Requirements for Lead-Based Paint Activities in Target Housing and Child-Occupied Facilities; Certification Requirements and Work Practice Standards for Individuals and Firms; Amendment (EPA 40 CFR Part 745) ensures individuals conducting lead-based paint activities in target housing and child-occupied facilities are properly trained and certified. Also, training programs are accredited and activities are conducted according to reliable, effective, and safe work practice standards.
Protecting Workers
Installations and contractors must follow OSHA regulations.
Lead Exposure in Construction; Interim Final Rule (OSHA 29 CFR Part 1926.62) applies to lead abatement and interim control work as well as to renovations, demolition, and maintenance work at construction sites in general.
Lead General Industry Standard (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1025) applies to routine building operation and maintenance activities, as well as to industrial-type exposures.
Lead Occupational Exposure 29 CFR 1910.1025 is a PowerPoint presentation in PDF form on the OSHA General Industry Lead Standard.
Key DoD and Army Lead Regulations, Policies, and Guidance
Army lead policy and compliance requirements are summarized in an ACSIM Army Lead Hazard Management Information Paper . Look under References, then Information Papers.
AR 40-5 Preventive Medicine addresses childhood lead poisoning prevention, part of the Community Health Program.
AR 608-10, Child Development Services includes Army policy concerning lead-based paint in child care facilities, including family child care homes, in paragraphs 5-48, 6-50, C-51, and C-212.
AR 200-1, Environmental Protection and Enhancement is the Army's environmental policy for lead.
DOD Memorandum, SUBJECT: Modification of Pediatric Blood Lead Screening Program allows medical treatment facilities with a low incidence of elevated blood lead levels to suspend universal testing.
Defense Lead-Free Information discusses DoD suppliers changing to lead-free electronics.
Federal Regulations and Guidance
EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) manages the lead program under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) and HUD manages lead through the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control .
EPA and HUD regulations implement The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 , usually called Title X ("Title Ten"). EPA has Points of Contact for each region.
The HUD Guidelines for the evaluation and control of lead-based paint hazards in housing is the minimum standard of care for the Army. The HUD Guidelines are the one-volume reference for lead hazard management.
State and Local Regulations and Guidance
Many states ( State Lead Poisoning Prevention Statutes ) have established or are planning their own regulations, and a few local governments have their own regulations. Army installations in these areas must keep track of all regulations, and comply with the more stringent of the individual requirements among them. This is because (unlike asbestos) individual requirements under State lead programs may be either more or less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations.
We do not maintain a library of State regulations, although many can be found on the Construction Criteria Base (CCB) Website—an extensive online library of construction guide specifications, manuals, standards, and many other essential criteria documents, published by the NIBS. Documents are organized first into Libraries, then by Source and Category.
Installation personnel should contact their State agencies to ensure that they have the current regulations. State points of contact can be obtained from EPA’s authorized programs .
General References for Lead 
Lead Glossary (OSHA)
Lead Glossary (HUD)
Standard Terminology Relating to Lead in Buildings (ASTM E1605-04) provides some useful definitions of terms commonly encountered in lead hazard management work.
Army IH is available to assist with lead hazard evaluations.