To delay the implementation of certain final rules of the Environmental Protection Agency in States until accreditation classes are held in the States for a period of at least 1 year.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay the implementation of the final rules entitled "Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; Lead Hazard Information Pamphlet; Notice of Availability; Final Rule" (published on April 22, 2008) and "Lead; Amendment to the Opt-out and Recordkeeping Provisions in the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program" (signed by the Administrator on April 22, 2010) in each state until accredited certified renovator classes to train contractors in practices necessary for compliance with such rules have been held in such state for at least a year.

Requires the Administrator to: (1) monitor each state to determine when such classes are offered; and (2) notify each Member of Congress about the location and time of each such class held in their state and the date on which the classes have been held for one year.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5177 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5177

To delay the implementation of certain final rules of the Environmental 
Protection Agency in States until accreditation classes are held in the 
                States for a period of at least 1 year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2010

 Mr. Rehberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To delay the implementation of certain final rules of the Environmental 
Protection Agency in States until accreditation classes are held in the 
                States for a period of at least 1 year.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DELAY OF IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall delay the 
implementation of the final rule entitled ``Lead; Renovation, Repair, 
and Painting Program; Lead Hazard Information Pamphlet; Notice of 
Availability; Final Rule'' (73 Fed. Reg. 21692 (April 22, 2008)), and 
the final rule entitled ``Lead; Amendment to the Opt-out and 
Recordkeeping Provisions in the Renovation, Repair, and Painting 
Program'', signed by the Administrator on April 22, 2010, in each State 
until such time as accredited certified renovator classes have been 
held in the State, for a period of at least 1 year, to train 
contractors in practices necessary for compliance with the final rules, 
as determined by the Administrator.
    (b) Notification.--The Administrator shall--
            (1) monitor each State to determine when classes described 
        in subsection (a) are offered in the State; and
            (2) provide to each Member of Congress representing the 
        State a notification describing--
                    (A) the location and time of each such class held 
                in the State; and
                    (B) the date on which the classes have been held 
                for the 1-year period described in subsection (a).
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