Asbestos and Lead-Based Paint

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality oversees both the asbestos and lead‑based paint programs as key components of its air regulations, ensuring that communities remain protected from harmful airborne contaminants. These programs work together to manage, monitor, and reduce exposure to materials that can pose serious health risks when disturbed. Asbestos oversight focuses on the management of asbestos in place and safe handling and removal practices, while the lead‑based paint program addresses hazards that can arise during abatement activities. Each program plays a vital role in maintaining cleaner, safer air across the state. By regulating contractors, enforcing standards, and providing public guidance, LDEQ helps prevent dangerous particles from entering the environment. These efforts reflect the agency’s broader mission to safeguard public health through strong environmental stewardship and responsible air‑quality management.

Asbestos

Introduction to Asbestos

The Asbestos Program oversees regulated asbestos activities in Louisiana and is structured around two primary components: asbestos management plans and renovation/demolition oversight. Anyone conducting work within the program—whether developing asbestos management plans, performing inspections, or carrying out abatement—must be properly accredited to ensure competency and compliance. Management plans, which apply to schools and certain public buildings, require ongoing evaluation and documentation of asbestos‑containing materials to protect occupants. Renovation and demolition requirements apply whenever activities may disturb asbestos, ensuring that proper notifications, work practices, and safety measures are followed to prevent the release of hazardous fibers into the environment.

Asbestos Management Plans

Asbestos management plans outline how a facility will monitor, and safely manage any identified asbestos‑containing materials within the facility to prevent harmful fiber release. They also document required inspections, response actions, and ongoing procedures that support long‑term exposure prevention.
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Demolition and Renovation

Demolition and renovation activities involving asbestos must follow strict procedures to prevent the release of hazardous fibers into the air, protecting workers and surrounding communities. These projects require proper inspections, notifications, and control measures to ensure safe material handling throughout the process.
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The video introduces the basics of asbestos, explaining what it is, where it’s commonly found, and why it poses serious health risks. It highlights how asbestos was used in older buildings and the importance of proper identification and safe handling. Viewers gain a clear understanding of asbestos exposure dangers and why professional removal is essential. This overview is ideal for anyone looking to learn the fundamentals of asbestos safety and awareness.

Basic Asbestos Information

Rules and Regulations

Louisiana Environmental Regulatory Code (ERC), Title 33:Part III The asbestos regulations can be found in the Louisiana Air Quality Regulations, in Chapters 27 and 51.

Some facilities are subject to multiple asbestos requirements because applicability depends on both the type of building and the activities taking place within it. A school, for example, is automatically regulated under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act due to its status as an educational facility. At the same time, any demolition or renovation project—regardless of building type—can trigger additional asbestos inspection, notification, and work‑practice obligations. When a facility meets one or both of these conditions, it must comply with all relevant rules to ensure proper asbestos oversight and prevent the release of hazardous fibers. 

Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools and State Buildings Regulation

Part III-Air, Chapter 27 outlines the requirements for developing and maintaining asbestos management plans in schools and applicable public buildings to ensure asbestos‑containing materials are properly identified, monitored, and managed. Includes provisions for Training Providers and Accreditations.
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Emission Standard for Asbestos

Part III-Air, Chapter 51 establishes the regulatory requirements for managing, renovating, and demolishing asbestos‑containing materials to ensure safe, compliant practices across all accredited disciplines.
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Forms, Applications and Guidance

Renovation Demolition (AAC-2)

The AAC-2(a) is a notification for regulated demo/reno that requires an Asbestos Disposal Verification Form (ADVF), manifest for disposal. The AAC-2(b) is a negative declaration notification form for demo/reno that do NOT require an ADVF.
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Management Plan Form (AAC-8)

This is a form required to be submitted by all who require an Asbestos Management Plan.
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Accreditations

Asbestos accreditations ensure that workers are properly trained and qualified to perform roles such as inspection, abatement, project design, removal and safe material handling in compliance with regulatory standards.
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Training Providers

Training providers deliver approved instruction, certification, and continuing education to ensure individuals meet required professional and regulatory standards.
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Asbestos Inspection Handout

Do the Asbestos Regulations apply to you? Do you need an Asbestos Inspection? Find out now!
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Lead

Introduction to Lead-Based Paint

There are 2 main lead-based paint programs, the Lead-Based Paint Activities (Abatement) Program and the Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality oversees the Lead-Based Paint Activities Program, while the Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Program is administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Both State and Federal regulations apply to lead-based paint hazards found in homes and child occupied facilities built prior to 1978.   

 A child occupied facility (COF) is a place, other than the child’s home, constructed prior to 1978, where a child under age 6 spends a certain amount of time per day, per week, and per year.  Examples include elementary schools, preschools, day care centers, parks, playgrounds, etc.  Lead-based paint is regulated in COFs because children tend to absorb lead more readily than adults, and because children under age 6 tend to crawl on the floor and put their hands or other items in their mouth. Target housing is any housing built before 1978, except housing for the elderly or person with disabilities, or any zero-bedroom homes, unless a child under age 6 lives there.  Because lead-based paint in residential homes was banned in 1978, these older homes are regulated because they are more likely to contain lead-based paint. 

Lead-Based Paint Activities

The Lead-Based Paint Activities Program specifically involves abatement, which refers to any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate known lead-based paint hazards in paint, dust and/or soil. Abatement is generally performed when lead-based paint hazards are found during an inspection of a child occupied facility, when a child is found to have an elevated blood lead level, and in housing receiving HUD financial assistance. Abatement can include removing paint and/or dust, permanently enclosing or encapsulating lead-based paint on surfaces or fixtures, replacing painted surfaces or fixtures, and/or removing or permanently covering soil.
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Renovation, Repair and Painting Program

The Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Program covers any activity that disturbs paint such as remodeling and repair/maintenance, electrical work, plumbing, painting preparation, carpentry, window replacement, etc. The program is designed to prevent the introduction of new lead hazards created by a renovation or repair, not to address existing lead hazards.
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Lead Forms, Applications, and Guidance

Lead Project Notification (LPN) Form (LPF-3)

The Lead Project Notification (LPN) Form (LPF-3) is required to inform LDEQ of planned lead abatement or lead hazard reduction activities before work begins. Submitting an accurate LPN helps ensure the agency can track projects, verify accreditation, and support compliance with state and federal lead regulations.
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Lead Hazard Notification (LHN)

The Lead Hazard Notification process informs property owners and occupants of identified lead hazards and the actions required to address them.
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Accreditations

All lead‑related disciplines—such as inspectors, risk assessors, supervisors, workers, and project designers—must be accredited before performing any regulated activity in Louisiana. Accreditation ensures that each discipline meets the required training and competency standards to conduct lead work safely and in compliance with state and federal regulations.
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Residential Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Program

This requires that potential buyers and renters of housing built prior to 1978 receive certain information about lead and lead hazards in the residence prior to becoming obligated to buy or rent, and provides the opportunity for an independent lead inspection for buyers. (Section 1018 of Title X)
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Rules and Regulations

Louisiana’s lead‑based paint regulations are governed by both state and federal requirements. At the state level, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) oversees lead activities, including accreditation and licensing for lead‑based paint abatement contractors, who must be licensed through the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors . Federally, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates renovation, repair, and painting work through the Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule, which requires firms disturbing lead‑based paint in pre‑1978 homes, child‑occupied facilities, and schools to be lead‑safe certified and to follow specific work‑practice standards to prevent lead exposure 2. Together, these state and federal regulations ensure that lead hazards are properly managed and that workers and the public are protected during lead‑related activities.

LDEQ Lead -Based Paint Activities

Lead activities involve the identification, handling, and removal of lead‑based hazards to protect public health. Lead‑based paint activities in Louisiana fall under the state’s Air Quality Regulations, specifically outlined in Part III-Air, Chapter 28.
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EPA RRP Regulations

EPA rules for lead, primarily under 40 CFR Part 745, regulate lead-based paint in pre-1978 housing through renovation training (Subpart E), mandatory seller/lessor disclosures (Subpart F), and certified abatement activities (Subpart L).
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