By Jeff Sorg
(OnlineEd – Portland, Or) The Oregon Construction Contractors Board (CCB) offers a Certified Lead Based Paint Renovation (LBPR) Contractor License to contractors who have completed their EPA Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) program. Oregon is approved by the EPA to administer the EPA’s program for requirements on construction that might involve lead-based paint. The program:
- Adopts lead renovation, repair and painting program rules
- Certifies training providers
- Certifies contractors in states that do no have a state program
- Approves states to “take over” the program
Contractors who renovate target housing or child-occupied facilities need to have the certified LBR contractor license. “Renovation” means, for example:
- Modification of painted or varnished doors
- Restoring building surfaces
- Window repair, removal, or replacement
- Painting preparation (sanding, scraping, ect)
- Removal of walls, ceilings, and plumbing
- Interior controls that disturb painted surfaces
Renovation does not include “minor repair and maintenance.” Minor repair and maintenance means
- 6 square feet or less of painted interior surface; or
- 20 square feet or less of painted exterior surface.
“Target housing” is housing built before 1978, except for:
- Housing built for the elderly or persons with disabilities; or
- Housing without a bedroom
“Child-Occupied facilities” mean a building, or part thereof, regularly used by the same child under age 6. Examples of child-occupied facilities are:
- Day care centers
- Preschools
- Kindergarten classrooms
- Restrooms commonly used by children
Child-occupied facilities likely do not include:
- Sunday school classrooms used weekly
- Supermarkets
- Hallways in public schools
RPR training is an 8-hour, hands-on, live course that business owners or employees are required to complete in order to become certified. The certification is valid for 5 years.
OnlineEd® does not provide this certification course, but provides this alphabetical list of Oregon providers as a courtesy:
Accredited RRP Northwest/Glen R. Hayden Construction
365 Salem Hts Ave S
Salem, OR 97302
Phone: 503-871-9754
E-mail: hayden365@comcast.net
Allied Services/Affiliate of Southern Oregon Environmental Services
P.O. Box 1001
Jacksonville, OR 97350
Phone: 503-636-4040 (Portland)
888-492-3177 (Toll-Free)
Web site: www.asbestosleadpaintmold.com
AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.
7376 SW Durham Road
Portland, OR 97224
Phone: 503-639-3400 Web site: www.amectraining.com B Classic Painting & Remodeling, LLC 900 Alder Street Sweet Home, OR 97386 Phone: 541-818-0246 E-mail: Bclassicpnr@gmail.com CALINC Training, LLC 2040 Peadbody Road Vacaville, CA 95687 Phone: 800-359-4467 Web site: www.cal-inc.com Community Energy Project
422 NE Alberta Street
Portland, OR 97211 Phone: 503-284-6827 Web site: www.communityenergyproject.org Connor 1421 Clarkview Road, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21209 Phone: 410-296-7971 Web site: www.connorinstitute.com Green Education Services 419 Lafayette St. New York, NY 10003 Phone: 800-355-1751 Web site: www.greenedu.com Industrial Hygiene Resources, Ltd
206 Murray Street
Boise, ID 83714
Phone: 208-323-8287 Web site: www.industrialhygieneresources.com Integrity Safety Services 13912 NE 20th, Suite 201 Vancouver, WA 98686 Phone: 360-574-6071 Web site: www.integritysafety.com Kachina Contractor Solutions LLC 530 Stahr Rd Elkins Park, PA 19027 Phone: 888-800-5224 Web site: www.KachinaContractorSolutions.com Lead Solutions, Inc. 1297 Sullivan Court NW Salem, OR 97304 Phone: 503-703-0338 Web site: www.leadpaintguru.com National Center for Healthy Housing 10320 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 500 Columbia, MD 21044 Phone: 877-312-3046 Web site: www.nchh.org NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center [Training limited to IBEW/NECA contractors and employees] 16021 NE Airport Way Portland, OR 97230 Phone: 503-262-9991 Web site: www.nietc.org NorthWest Hazmat Inc. 36 West Q Street Springfield, OR 97477 Phone: 541-988-9823 Web site: www.nwhazmat.com Oregon Home Builders Association 375 Taylor Street NE Salem, OR 97301 Phone: 503-378-9066 Web site: www.oregonhba.com Oregon Southern Idaho Laborers Training Trust
6011 NE Marcus Harris Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97330
Phone: 541-745-5513 Web site: www.osilaborerstraining.org RGA Environmental, Inc
1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-281-8858 Web site: http://www.rgatraining.com Safety Directions, LLC
93947 Autumn Lane Coos Bay, OR 97420
Phone: 541-266-9077
Web site: www.safety-directions.com Truckee Meadows Community College Workforce Development 475 Edison Way, Suite 102 Reno, NV 89502 Phone: 775-857-4958 Web site: www.tmcc.edu/wdce Unlimited Choices, Inc. Lead Learning Center
211 SE 80th Avenue
Portland, OR 97215
Phone: 503-234-6167 Web site: www.unlimitedchoices.org Western Oregon and SW Washington Painters, Drywall Finishers, & Allied Trades Apprenticeship 12687 NE Whitaker Way Portland, OR 97230 Phone: 503-287-4856 Web site: www.paintertraining.org Western Regional Lead Training Center
1950 SE 176th Avenue
Portland, OR 97233-4739
Phone: 503-761-2800 Web site: www.wrltc.com
Portland, OR 97224
Phone: 503-639-3400 Web site: www.amectraining.com B Classic Painting & Remodeling, LLC 900 Alder Street Sweet Home, OR 97386 Phone: 541-818-0246 E-mail: Bclassicpnr@gmail.com CALINC Training, LLC 2040 Peadbody Road Vacaville, CA 95687 Phone: 800-359-4467 Web site: www.cal-inc.com Community Energy Project
422 NE Alberta Street
Portland, OR 97211 Phone: 503-284-6827 Web site: www.communityenergyproject.org Connor 1421 Clarkview Road, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21209 Phone: 410-296-7971 Web site: www.connorinstitute.com Green Education Services 419 Lafayette St. New York, NY 10003 Phone: 800-355-1751 Web site: www.greenedu.com Industrial Hygiene Resources, Ltd
206 Murray Street
Boise, ID 83714
Phone: 208-323-8287 Web site: www.industrialhygieneresources.com Integrity Safety Services 13912 NE 20th, Suite 201 Vancouver, WA 98686 Phone: 360-574-6071 Web site: www.integritysafety.com Kachina Contractor Solutions LLC 530 Stahr Rd Elkins Park, PA 19027 Phone: 888-800-5224 Web site: www.KachinaContractorSolutions.com Lead Solutions, Inc. 1297 Sullivan Court NW Salem, OR 97304 Phone: 503-703-0338 Web site: www.leadpaintguru.com National Center for Healthy Housing 10320 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 500 Columbia, MD 21044 Phone: 877-312-3046 Web site: www.nchh.org NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center [Training limited to IBEW/NECA contractors and employees] 16021 NE Airport Way Portland, OR 97230 Phone: 503-262-9991 Web site: www.nietc.org NorthWest Hazmat Inc. 36 West Q Street Springfield, OR 97477 Phone: 541-988-9823 Web site: www.nwhazmat.com Oregon Home Builders Association 375 Taylor Street NE Salem, OR 97301 Phone: 503-378-9066 Web site: www.oregonhba.com Oregon Southern Idaho Laborers Training Trust
6011 NE Marcus Harris Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97330
Phone: 541-745-5513 Web site: www.osilaborerstraining.org RGA Environmental, Inc
1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-281-8858 Web site: http://www.rgatraining.com Safety Directions, LLC
93947 Autumn Lane Coos Bay, OR 97420
Phone: 541-266-9077
Web site: www.safety-directions.com Truckee Meadows Community College Workforce Development 475 Edison Way, Suite 102 Reno, NV 89502 Phone: 775-857-4958 Web site: www.tmcc.edu/wdce Unlimited Choices, Inc. Lead Learning Center
211 SE 80th Avenue
Portland, OR 97215
Phone: 503-234-6167 Web site: www.unlimitedchoices.org Western Oregon and SW Washington Painters, Drywall Finishers, & Allied Trades Apprenticeship 12687 NE Whitaker Way Portland, OR 97230 Phone: 503-287-4856 Web site: www.paintertraining.org Western Regional Lead Training Center
1950 SE 176th Avenue
Portland, OR 97233-4739
Phone: 503-761-2800 Web site: www.wrltc.com
A complete listing of nationwide providers can be found at the EPA’s Web site
Jeff Sorg, an Oregon licensed Principal Broker, is a co-founder of OnlineEd®, a Web-based vocational school founded in 1997 where he also serves as Corporate Secretary, Chief Operating Officer, and School Director. Sorg holds vocational instructor licenses for real estate education in Oregon, Washington, California, Flordia, and Nevada and has authored numerous pre-licensing and continuing education courses in those states. Sorg holds the International Distance Education Certification Center’s CDEi Designation for distance education, originally awarded in 2008.
OnlineEd® provides real estate, mortgage broker, insurance, and contractor pre-license, post-license, continuing education, career enhancement, and professional development and designation courses over the Internet.