SB 5586 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Declares that, for the welfare of the people of the state of Washington, this act establishes a lead-based paint activities program within the department of ecology to protect the general public from exposure to lead hazards and to ensure the availability of a trained and qualified work force to identify and address lead-based paint hazards.

Requires the department to administer and enforce a state program for worker training and certification, and training program accreditation, which shall include those program elements necessary to assume responsibility for federal requirements for a program as set forth in Title IV of the toxic substances control act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 2601 et seq.), the residential lead-based paint hazard reduction act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4851 et seq.), 40 C.F.R. Part 745, Subparts L and Q (1996), and Title X of the housing and community development act of 1992 (P.L. 102-550).

Requires the department to establish a program for certification of persons involved in lead-based paint activities and for accreditation of training providers in compliance with federal laws and rules.