Washington state requests funding support under 404G of tsca for the the administration of a state certification, accreditation, compliance and enforcement program for persons engaged in lead-based…

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded the Washington State Department of Commerce $459,454 under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The cooperative agreement funding supports Washington State's administration of its lead-based paint certification, accreditation, compliance and enforcement program for entities conducting lead-based paint activities, renovation and pre-renovation work. Specifically, the award enables Washington to operate its programs for lead abatement, renovation, repair and painting as well as pre-renovation education, with the goal of eliminating childhood lead poisoning in the state by ensuring compliance with lead environmental laws and regulations.

Washington state requests funding support under 404G of tsca for the the administration of a state certification, accreditation, compliance and enforcement program for persons engaged in lead-based paint activities, renovation and pre-renovation work. The goal of washington's lead program is to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in washington by ensuring and enforcing compliance with the lead environmental laws and regulations. Washington state has been authorized to run the lead abatement, renovation, repair and painting and the pre-renovation education programs. This funding supports the washington state authorized lead programs.