Window & Door reports that a bill to reform the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting (LRRP) Rule was introduced in the U.S. Senate last week.  The Lead Exposure Reduction Amendments Act of 2015 (S. 1987) was introduced by Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and two original cosponsors.  This bill is similar to the House of Representatives bill (H.R. 2328) that was introduced by Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) earlier this year.  Some of the key reforms in the bill are 1) restoration of the “opt-out” provision originally in the rule, 2) suspension of the LRRP rule if the EPA cannot approve a commercially available test kit that meets the regulation’s requirements, 3) exclusion of commercial buildings from the rule until EPA can demonstrate the need to include them, and 4) addition of a de minimis exemption for first-time paperwork violations.  Read More >