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HERE ARE THE TOP 10 INSPECTION AREAS THAT ARE BEING MISSED OR FAILING THAT THE KENT COUNTY INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT WANTS YOU TO BE AWARE OF!  PLEASE PASS THE WORD ALONG AND BE SURE TO CONSIDER THESE BEFORE SCHEDULING YOUR INSPECTIONS.

1. Altering joist hangers.
2. Stud shoes missing.
3. Fireblocking and draftstopping not done.
4. Tempered glass not being installed when the window is less 60" from the bottom of the stairs.
5. Final grade not 6" fall in the first 10'.
6. Roof cap and roof boots not installed for close-in inspection.
7. No plumbing inspection.
8. No rebar in footings if the plans call for it.
9. Top plates not overlapped.
10. Not building to the approved plans.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 745 [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2005–0049; FRL–8823–7]
RIN 2070–AJ55
Lead; Amendment to the Opt-Out and Recordkeeping Provisions in the
Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: EPA is finalizing several revisions to the Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program (RRP) rule that published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2008. The RRP rule established accreditation, training, certification, and recordkeeping requirements as well as work practice standards on persons performing renovations for compensation in most pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities. In this document, EPA is eliminating the ‘‘opt-out’’ provision that currently exempts a renovation firm from the training and work practice requirements of the rule where the firm obtains a certification from the owner of a residence he or she occupies that no child under age 6 or pregnant women resides in the home and the home is not a child-occupied facility. EPA is also requiring renovation firms to provide a copy of the records demonstrating compliance with the training and work practice requirements of the RRP rule to the owner and, if different, the occupant of the building being renovated or the operator of the child-occupied facility. In addition, the rule makes minor changes to the certification, accreditation and state authorization requirements.

DATES: This final rule is effective July 6, 2010.

24802 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 87 / Thursday, May 6, 2010 / Rules and Regulations