An Act To Require Certain Personnel on a Bridge Painting Project To Be Certified

Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §403  is enacted to read:

§ 403.  Surface preparation and coating of bridges

For any work involving the surface preparation for or coating application of paint on a bridge, a certified coating application specialist or other person certified for field application of coatings to industrial structures by a nationally recognized association for industrial protective coatings must be present at all times when the work is being performed. For any work involving cleaning, rehabilitation, surface preparation for or coating application or removal of paint on a bridge on which lead may be present, a certified coating application specialist for hazardous coatings or other person certified for field removal of hazardous coatings by a nationally recognized association for industrial protective coatings must be present at all times when the work is being performed.

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This bill requires a certified coating application specialist or other person who is certified for field application of coatings to industrial structures by a nationally recognized association for industrial protective coatings to be present at all times when surface preparation for or coating application of paint on a bridge is being performed. For any work involving cleaning, rehabilitation, surface preparation for or coating application of paint on a bridge on which lead may be present, the bill requires that a certified coating application specialist for hazardous coatings or other person certified for field removal of hazardous coatings by a nationally recognized association for industrial protective coatings must be present at all times when the work is being performed.