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Home My WebLink AboutLead Hazard Reduction Order - 10/05/2011@1 O.f HKO.f H ON 171E WATER October 5, 2011 Pine Apartments III LLC 3389 County Rd A Oshkosh, WI 54901 Re address tested for lead: 1133 Cherry St. Dear Ms. Struensee: ORDER The Oshkosh Health Services Division on October 5, 2011, 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 of the 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 lead check swabs. In some cases, paint chips, dust, and/or soil samples may have been submitted for analysis. A copy of the 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. LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 1133 Cherry St EBL INVESTIGATION POST INSPECTION LETTER rev 05 07 ROOM AREA TESTED POSITIVE CLEARANCE TESTING REQUIRED Front Porch Screens Window components Yes Stairway Window trough Yes Bedroom #1 Door casing Yes Bathroom Window sash Yes Bedroom 42 Window sill Yes Exterior Window casing Yes Oshkosh Health Services Division assumes that areas of a property that appear to have the same paint history will test the same, therefore areas that have the same colored paint and are in similar condition will require abatement. As discussed at the investigation with property maintenance: All painted surfaces interior and exterior on the front porch need to be scraped, primed and painted, the door casings for bedrooms upstairs exhibiting cracking paint need to be scraped pruned and painted, the bathroom window sashes, sill and casing need to be scraped, primed and painted, the painted surfaces on the exterior of the property that have white paint and show signs of chipping, peeling or alligatoring need to be scraped, primed and painted. Areas along the drip line of the property that have bare soil need to be covered with mulch or planted with grass seed, and the windows that have not been replaced need to have the areas between the interior sashes and exterior storms scraped primed and painted. The above measures described are interim controls and will temporarily make this property lead safe. To maintain these surfaces it will require routine painting maintenance. Vinyl replacement windows would abate the lead hazards found on the window sashes, stops and window troughs. The dust wipe and paint chip sample results will be mailed to you as soon as I receive the results from the Wisconsin Occupational Health Laboratory. 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 of this 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 ei painted saaiface 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. 1133 Cherry St EBL INVESTIGATION POST INSPECTION LETTER rev 05 07 Sincerely, Sandra Knutson Sanitarian 236 -5027 cc: Oshkosh Inspection Services Division enc: Lead Poisoning, Prevention, and Control Ordinance Lead Risk Assessment Results Form Lead Contractor Contact List 1133 Cherry St EBL INVESTIGATION POST INSPECTSON LETTER reu 05 07 0 OfHKOfH_ ON TILE WATER OSHKOSH HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD ASSESSMENT RESULTS Date of Risk Assessment: October 5, 2011 Property Address: 1133 Cherry St. Property Owner: Pine Apartments IIl LLC Lead Risk Assessor performing Assessment: Sandra Knutson & Jayne Tebon DHFS Cert: 104141 & 12801 Lead License Number: DHFS -20850 TABLE 1: SURFACE INSPECTED USING NITON XL -309 LEAD ANALYZER SURFACE INSPECTED PAINT CONDITION AMT OF LEAD PRESENT If >0.7 mg/cm Lead is Present. Not Used Poor Positive Front porch window casing Poor Positive TABLE 11: SURFACE INSPECTED USING LEAD CHECK SWABS SURFACE INSPECTED PAINT CONDITION LEAD PRESENT Front porch screens Poor Positive Front porch window casing Poor Positive Dining room floor Fair Negative Window trough on stairs Poor Positive Bed room # 1 Door casing Fair Positive Bathroom window casing Poor Positive Bedroom # 2 window sill Fair Positive Exterior window casing Poor Positive Mini- blinds bedroom # 4 X 2 Negative Mini - blinds bedroorn # 5 X 5 casin Positive TABLE III: OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES Code: PC =Paint Chip; S =Soil; DW =Dust Wipe Sample Number Area Sampled Condition of J Sample Resu eedsWork? Material S 11 -301 W Living room floor Fair 11302 PC Front porch Poor railin 11 -303 PC Garage door Poor casin 11 -304 Foreign OTC drugs *Action Levels are based on current federal guidelines. 1133 Cherry St EBL Inspection Table • 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 <400ug/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 or 0.7 mg/cm'. + Under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines the maximum allowable level for lead in soil is 400 parts per million (ppm) and 1200 ppm in other areas. 1133 Cherry St E8L Inspection Table