American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) filed 1 comment on this docket between Sep 22, 2023 and Sep 22, 2023. 13 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 1030d ago.
The attached submission from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) commends the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed rule while calling for the adoption of the strongest possible final rule. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this important issue.
Addressing childhood lead exposure is a priority for EPA. EPA is considering changes to the dust-lead hazard standards (DLHS) and the dust-lead clearance levels (DLCL) following the recent 2019 and 2021 rulemakings. On July 9, 2019, EPA promulgated a final rule to lower the DLHS from 40 micrograms of lead per square foot (µg/ft2) to 10 µg/ft2 for floors, and from 250 µg/ft2 to 100 µg/ft2 for window sills and on January 6, 2021, EPA published a final rule to similarly lower the DLCL from 40 µg/ft2 to 10 µg/ft2 for floors, and from 250 µg/ft2 to 100 µg/ft2 for window sills. The Agency is now in the process of reconsidering the July 2019 and January 2021 final rules in keeping with Executive Order 13990 (addressing the protection of public health and the environment and restoring science to tackle the climate crisis). In addition, on May 14, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion to remand without vacatur the 2019 DLHS final rule and directed EPA to reconsider the 2019 DLHS rule in conjunction with a reconsideration of the DLCL. These standards apply to most pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities, such as day care centers and kindergarten facilities. Related to EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0166 and EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0063
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