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which federal agencies are actively involved in developing lead regulations and policies? - ✔✔EPA, OSHA,
HUD
what role does OSHA play in the prevention of lead poisoning? - ✔✔inspects job sites for worker safety
and sets standards for worker protection
Three are REQUIRED by OSHA for exposures over the lead PEL - ✔✔-written compliance program
-respirators and protective clothing
-hygiene facilities (hand-washing/showers when feasible)
In CA, what regulatory agency developed a certification program for lead-related construction work? -
✔✔DHS
T/F, the only requirement for DHS certification is that you pass the exam at the end of the DHS-approved
training course - ✔✔False
Which is the primary agency regulating lead-contaminated waster disposal? - ✔✔In CA, Division of Toxic
Substances Control within Cal/EPA. Outside of CA, EPA.
in general, before disturbing lead painted surfaces, a contractor will need to - ✔✔- train workers
- develop a written respiratory protection program
- develop a compliance program specific to the job site
______________________ must be made available to employees covered by a medical surveillance
program - ✔✔medical examination by a physician
, Under OSHA, who must be in lead medical surveillance programs? - ✔✔persons exposed >30 days above
30 ug/m3
the XRF analyzer was selected by HUD for lead based paint testing primarily because - ✔✔it may be the
most cost effective technique
paint samples that test "inconclusive" by XRF should have confirmatory samples redone by - ✔✔atomic
absorption analysis
submissions of small amounts of substrate materials with paint samples for laboratory analysis will -
✔✔over and underestimate the lead concentration if results are in percent by weight
to collect water samples for laboratory analysis for lead - ✔✔allow the water to stand in the pipes for at
least 6-12 hours before collecting the sample
dust vacuum sampling might be used for - ✔✔rough concrete and carpets
atomic absorption sample results for lead in paint are reported as - ✔✔percent lead by weight
lab methods for the analysis of lead include - ✔✔- inductively coupled plasma
- flame atomic absorption
- graphite furnace atomic absorption
what is used to detect lead in paint - ✔✔x-ray fluorescence analyzer (XRF)
HUD wipe sampling procedure requires - ✔✔- sample on horizontal surfaces only
- is possible, sample an area of approximately 1 ft2
- submit at least one field blank with each sample