Lead Policy and Guidance
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On this page you will find EPA policy and guidance documents relating to:
Lead in paint, dust and soil
- Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Program
- Guidance documents to assist states and tribes that are applying to EPA for authorization to manage their own lead renovation, repair and painting programs (PDF)
- Read frequent questions about the Lead RRP program. Find a Print Friendly version of all frequent questions.
- Lead Abatement Program: Training and Certification Program for Lead-Based Paint Activities
- Lead Disclosure Rule
- Interpretive Guidance for the Real Estate Community on the Requirements for Disclosure of Information Concerning Lead-Based Paint in Housing, Part I (PDF) (August 1996)
- Interpretive Guidance for the Real Estate Community on the Requirements for Disclosure of Information Concerning Lead-Based Paint in Housing, Part II (PDF) (December 1996)
- Interpretive Guidance for the Real Estate Community on the Requirements for Disclosure of Information Concerning Lead-Based Paint in Housing, Part III (PDF) (August 2000)
- Enforcement policies on lead in paint, dust and soil
- Revised Interim Final Consolidated Enforcement Response and Penalty Policy for the Pre-Renovation Education Rule; Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule; and Lead-Based Paint Activities Rule (April 2013)
- Transmittal of the Interim Final Lead-Based Paint Consolidated Enforcement (August 2010)
- Section 1018 Disclosure Rule Enforcement Response and Penalty Policy (December 2007)
- Revisions to the 2000 Section 1018 - Disclosure Rule Enforcement Response (December 2007)
- Penalty Policy Supplements Pursuant to the 2004 Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule (June 2006)
- Supplemental Environmental Projects In Administrative Enforcement Matters Involving Section 1018 Lead-Based Paint Cases (November 2004)
- Interim Guidance for Enforcing the TSCA Section 402 Abatement Rule (March 2000)
- National Lead Laboratory Accreditation Guidelines
- Superfund Program
- OSWER Directive: Clarification to the 1994 Revised Interim Soil Lead (Pb) Guidance for CERCLA Sites and RCRA Corrective Action Facilities (PDF) [OSWER Dir #9200.4-27P] (August 1998) (16 pp, 124 K, About PDF)
- OSWER Directive: Revised Interim Soil Lead Guidance for CERCLA Sites and RCRA Corrective Action Facilities (PDF) [OSWER Dir #9355.4-12] (August 1994) (18 pp, 156 K, About PDF)
- Lead at Shooting Ranges
- Lead in Gardening Soil
Lead in water
- Lead in drinking water
- Lead and Copper Rule
- Clarification of Requirements for Collecting Samples and Calculating Compliance Fact Sheet
- Compliance Help
- Drinking Water Lead Reduction Plan - March 2005
- Fact Sheet - Drinking Water Lead Reduction Plan - EPA Activities to Improve Implementation of the Lead and Copper Rule
- Fact Sheet on the Memorandum of Understanding on Reducing Lead Levels in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities June 2005
- Fact Sheet on the Revisions to the Regulations Controlling Lead in Drinking Water
- June 2006 Status of Activities under the March 2005 Drinking Water Lead Reduction Plan
- Lead 90th Percentile Levels for 166 Large Water Utilities - Then and Now
- Lead and Copper Rule - Clarification of Requirements for Collecting Samples and Calculating Compliance Fact Sheet
- Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions: Fact Sheet
- Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions: New Data, New Regulatory Options
- Lead and Copper Rule Short-Term Revisions and Clarifications: Draft Regulatory Guidance
- Memorandum of Understanding on Reducing Lead Levels in Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities
- Memorandum: Lead and Copper Rule - Clarification of Requirements for Collecting Samples and Calculating Compliance - November 23, 2004
- National Review of LCR Implementation and Drinking Water Lead Reduction Plan
- Revisions to the Regulations Controlling Lead in Drinking Water Fact Sheet
- September 2007 Status of Activities under the March 2005 Drinking Water Lead Reduction Plan
- Summary of lead action level exceedances for medium (3,300-50,000) and large (>50,000) public water systems
- Commonly Asked Questions: Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act and the NSF Standard
Lead in air
- Lead Monitoring: Network Design and Monitoring Siting; Sampling and Analysis; and Data Reporting
- Lead Designations Policy Guidance
- Lead Implementation – Programs and Requirements for Reducing Lead