As part of its comprehensive array of services relating to lead safety, the Lead Center conducts 
home environmental visual assessments. A trained assessor walks through the home with the 
family, room by room, identifying lead hazards. If lead dust is discovered, the Lead Center rec¬ 
ommends cleaning techniques and teaches proper cleaning procedures, such as wet-cleaning 
lead dust using trisodium phosphate diluted in water. The organization also makes HEPA vacu¬ 
ums available on a loaner basis and provides instructions for their proper use. 
• EMPACT Lead-Safe Yard Project 
Boston, Massachusetts (See Appendix D) 
The EMPACT Lead-Safe Yard Project (LSYP) in Boston used a variety of low-cost techniques 
to reduce children s exposure to elevated levels of lead in residential soil. The project used inno¬ 
vative field-portable x-ray fluorescence (XRE) technology to communicate data to residents and 
implemented low-cost and sustainable landscape measures in residents yards to reduce chil¬ 
dren s risk of exposure to contaminated soil. The project also developed a template that other 
communities and public agencies can use to address the issue of lead in residential soil. 
The project improved 61 homes at no cost to the owners; conducted a number of seminars on 
lead-safe yard work; and developed a Tool Kit for use by other communities. These methods 
were then incorporated into a handbook titled Lead-Safe Yards: Developing and Implementing 
a Monitoring, Assessment, and Outreach Program for Your Community. 
1 .4 Alternative Programs 
Homeowners or tenants living in an area where no lead dust program exists might want to have 
trained and licensed consultants determine whether they have a lead problem in their house. In 
this case, the homeowner or tenant should have dust wipe samples collected by a certified lead- 
based paint inspector, risk assessor, or sampling technician. For a list of qualified lead profes¬ 
sionals, including inspectors, risk assessors, abatement contractors, and analytical laboratories, 
go to <www.epa.gov/lead> and click on Finding A Qualified Lead Professional for Your Home 
under Additional Resources. For EPA-run states, call 1-800-424-LEAD.* 
Homeowners can contact their state or local childhood lead poisoning prevention program for 
more information about obtaining lead dust testing. The following Web sites list state and local 
lead poisoning prevention contacts: 
• The Lead Program of the National Safety Council s Environmental Health Center: 
<www.nsc.org/ehc/nlic/contacts.htm>. 
The National Conference of State Legislatures Directory of State Lead Poisoning Prevention 
Contacts: <www.ncsl.org/programs/ESNR/pbdir.htm>. 
1 .5 Are the Practices in this Case Study Consistent 
with Federal Regulations? 
Syracuse s Lead Dust Project complies with the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Title IV 
and the Section 403 rule, under which EPA establishes standards for lead-based paint hazards, 
including hazard levels for lead-contaminated dust in houses. 
* EPA-run states are Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakota, Nevada, New 
Mexico, New York, South Carolina, Washington, and Wyoming. 
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