---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 745.61"
title: "40"
number: "745.61"
heading: "Scope and applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/745.61"
---

# §745.61. Scope and applicability.

- (a) **This subpart identifies lead-based paint hazards.**
- (b) **The standards for lead-based paint hazards apply to target housing and child-occupied facilities.**
- (c) Nothing in this subpart requires the owner of property(ies) subject to these standards to evaluate the property(ies) for the presence of lead-based paint hazards or take any action to control these conditions if one or more of them is identified.
- (d) Before January 13, 2025, the levels identified in [40 CFR 745.227(e)(8)(viii)](/cfr/40/745.227.md?p=e-8-viii) were referred to as clearance levels. On or after January 13, 2025, the levels identified in [§ 745.227(e)(8)(viii)](/cfr/40/745.227.md?p=e-8-viii) are referred to as action levels.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 1237, Jan. 5, 2001, as amended at 89 FR 89456, Nov. 12, 2024]

### Source

Source: 66 FR 1237, Jan. 5, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2605, 2607, 2681-2692 and 42 U.S.C. 4852d.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 9085, Mar. 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 1237, Jan. 5, 2001, as amended at 89 FR 89456, Nov. 12, 2024]