The owner or contractor shall evaluate and dispose of waste materials that contain lead paint or lead paint particles generated by the removal of lead paint from steel structures as required by either chapter 7035, solid waste rules, or 7045, hazardous waste rules, whichever applies.
An owner or contractor shall not apply paint that contains more than one-half of one percent (0.5 percent) total lead by weight in the dried film to the exterior surface of any new steel structure or of any steel structure that is repainted, except by written permission of the commissioner.
An owner or contractor shall not use high pressure water with or without abrasives to remove lead paint from a steel structure unless the water and paint particles are contained and recovered.
The contractor shall post its name and telephone number in letters and numbers at least four inches high on a vehicle or on a sign at the property from the beginning of lead paint removal until completion of the contractor's work on the structure or structures.
Minn. R. agency 167, ch. 7025, CONDITIONS FOR LEAD PAINT REMOVAL FROM OTHER STEEL STRUCTURES, pt. 7025.0380
Statutory Authority: MS s 115.03; 116.07; 144.9508