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Home My WebLink AboutLetter 10/3/07-Lead Hazard Reduction Order . OJHKOJH LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION ORDER ON THE WATER October 3, 2007 Jason Smith W13158 StateRd23 Ripon WI 54971 Re address tested for lead: 1420A West Bent Ave. Oshkosh, WI Dear Jason Smith: The Oshkosh Health Services Division on October 3,2007, performed an Elevated Blood Lead (EBL) Investigation on your property, located at the above referenced address. The purpose of the EBL Investigation was to determine and report the existence, nature, and location of lead hazards in or on the premises, as it relates to a confirmed elevated blood lead level in a child . who resides at this address.. Chapter 15 ofthe Municipal Code allows the Health Services Division to conduct an EBL Investigation at the premises where a child, six years of age or younger, who has been lead poisoned resides. The presence of lead bearing paint/varnish on surfaces of a premise may constitute a health hazard especially for children under age seven. Ingestion of lead bearing paint/varnish dust and/or chips are the most common causes of childhood lead poisoning. When lead bearing painted and/or varnished surfaces are peeling, flaking, chipping, subject to friction, or cracking, they present potential health hazards. The continuous intake of lead into the body may cause developmental delays, hyperactivity, behavior disorders, hearing loss, anemia, growth failure, neurological problems, mental retardation, and in rare cases even death. A visual assessment plus nondestructive lead testing was conducted on painted and/or varnished surfaces at the above premises using a portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer and/or lead check swabs. In some cases, paint chips, dust, and/or soil samples may have been submitted for analysis. A copy of the complete EBL Investigation results are enclosed. The investigation indicated the presence of lead hazards at this premise. The following areas have been determined to be a lead hazard, that is, they contain lead bearing paint and/or varnish and are in disrepair due to cracking, chipping, peeling and/or are subject to friction and are in need of lead hazard reduction activities, per Section 15-25 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code. 1420 West Bent Ave EBL INVESTIGATION POST INSPECTION LETTER rev 05 01 Bathroom Exterior West wall where paint has cracked All surfaces not recently covered Old windows next to garage Basement windows Numerous aint chips around house Doors Window Garage Oshkosh Health Services Division will allow you to finish painting the exterior of this property as the scraping and surface preparation has been completed. Lead hazards will no longer be created through the application of paint. The paint chips on the ground around the property need to be cleaned up and the soil that is bare will have to be covered with a mulch. You will be required to hire a lead certified contractor to repair the west bathroom wall where there is a crack apparently caused by water damage. If you plan to replace the bathroom windows a lead certified contractor needs to be hired to do any window replacement in the upper unit. Section 15-25 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code requires an independent certified lead risk assessor and/or certified lead contractor to be hired to develop and submit a written lead hazard reduction plan, based on the results of the investigation. The plan for lead hazard reduction must be submitted to the Health Services Division within 30 days of receipt ofthis letter and needs to be approved prior to the start of any lead hazard reduction activities. Failure to comply may result in citations being issued to you. Please refer to Oshkosh Municipal Code, Section 15-29 for plan and certification requirements. For you convenience, a list of currently certified lead risk assessors and certified contractors are enclosed. It is important for you to understand that the testing performed on your property was not comprehensive. Our responsibility is to identifY lead hazards that exist on the premises related to an EBL Investigation, not to do a complete analysis of every painted surface in the home. Our inspection focused on those areas most commonly found to contain lead bearing paint/varnish and areas in disrepair. Any area not specifically mentioned in this report would be your responsibility to have tested, if necessary, in the future to determine if it contains lead bearing paint/varnish. Please note that compliance with the above orders may not be sufficient to meet the standards to obtain a lead-safe certificate in the future. ~~L- Sandra Knutson Sanitarian 236-5027 1420 West Bent Ave EBL INVESTIGATION POST INSPECTION LETTER rev 05 07 cc: Oshkosh Inspection Services Division enc: Lead Poisoning, Prevention, and Control Ordinance Lead Risk Assessment Results Form Lead Contractor Contact List 1420 West Bent Ave EBL INVESTIGATION POST INSPECTION LETTER rev 0507 e OJHKOfH ON THE WATER OSHKOSH HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD ASSESSMENT RESULTS Date of Risk Assessment: October 3, 2007 Property Address: 1420A West Bent Ave. Lead Risk Assessor performing Assessment: Sandra Knutson Lead License Number: DHFS-20850 Property Owner: Jason Smith DHFS Cert: 104141 TABLE I: SURFACE INSPECTED USING NIT ON XL-309 LEAD ANALYZER Calibration Exterior window casin Livin room window sill Bathroom 'west wall Bathroom window sash Small kitchen table Gara e door Garage window sill Calibration Poor Fair Poor Good Fair Poor Poor 1.1 2.7 o 2.9 9.05 . 0.01 7.4 1.9 1.0 TABLE II: SURFACE INSPECTED USING LEAD CHECK SWABS Livin room mini-blinds X 2 Bedroom #2 mini-blinds X 2 Kitchen mini-blinds Bathroom mini-blinds X 2 Bedroom #1 mini-blinds X 2 Bath tub Paint chi s on round Basement window sash Crawl s ace under front orch door Lower unit ex osed exterior window sash Poor Poor Poor Ne ative Ne ative Ne ative N e ative Negative N e ative Positive Positive Positive Positive l420A West Bent Ave EBL Inspection Table T ABLE III: OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES Code: PC=Paint Chip; S=Soil; DW=Dust Wipe 050 DW Bedroom # 2 window trou h * Action Levels are based on current federal guidelines. . Under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines the maximum allowable level for lead dust samples are less then or equal to (<) 40 micrograms per one square foot (ug/ft2) on floors, <250ug/ft2 on window sills, and <800ug/ft2 on exterior window wells. . Under current state statute (Chapter 254) the definition of lead based paint (LBP) in any paint or other surface coating material containing more than 0.06 percent (%) lead by weight, calculated as lead metal. . Under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines the maximum allowable level for lead in soil is 400 parts per million (ppm).depending on the use of the area. 1420A West Bent Ave EBL Inspection Table