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B-118638 1 (1972-03-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagno0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES Gr'ERAL ACCOUNTING 0 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION 1- 1 638 ~u\lll\\l1ll\l\l\l Dear Mr. Washington: LM096632 The General Accounting Office currently is conducting a review of the adequacy of the enforcement of the housing reg- uII a t i ons in the Ho' .sti Columbgia by. tsg Tion, Depa r teto L. .o.iQmai_c Developinent. We have examined into the adequacy of the I)strict's efforts to protect residents by identifying and eliminating poisoning hazards resulting from the use of lead-based paint in residential dwellings in the District. We reviewed the basic-regulations, pertinent correspon- dence, and statistical records applicable to planning, execu- tion, and enforcement of the District Housing Code and, in pa ticu1ar, CommJ .;ioner's Order No. 70-1.1 which amended sections of the housi.njg code relative to the usc of lead paint on cxprised interior surfaces of d~vellings, The order places responsibility on the Housing Division for securiij; spec-imens of paint, plaster, or structural mate- rials when inspection discloses flaking, peeling, chipped, or loose paint or other evidence indicating that there may be a hazard. If an analysls of the secured specimens reveals the presence of lead or its compounds in a quantity in excess of 1 percent by weight or in a quantity otherwise sufficient to constitute -) hazard to healtih, the Director of the Department of Econoi ic Devel opment is required to -notify the inhabitants of the dwvitling and to order the owner of the dwelling citl,.zr (1) to termi ate occupancy or (2) to remove materials con- taiinng I e'd or its compound-, or, otherwiSe, to cover such interior !,urfaces that consti tute a hazard. Lead poisoning is a serious and sometimes fatal illness generally affecting children aged 1 to 6 years. The princi- pal cause of this type of poisoning is the ingestion of lead- based paint from walls and woodwori, of old and dilapidated dwellings. Prior to 1940 le;d pigment paints comonly were used as interior house paints. Many of the dwelling: in 1_ _______E

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