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Lead Paint Abatement Services
Lead is a toxic metal that was used for many years in products found in and around our homes. Lead also can be emitted into the air from motor vehicles and industrial sources, and lead can enter drinking water from plumbing materials. Lead may cause a range of health effects, from behavioral problems and learning disabilities, to seizures and death. Children six years old and under are most at risk.
- Deteriorating lead-based paint
- Lead contaminated dust
- Lead contaminated residential soil
Paint, Plumbing, Anything can be lead contaminated if it is exposed to deteriorating paint
Abatement means any measure or set of measures designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards. Abatement includes, but is not limited to:The removal of lead-based paint and lead-contaminated dust, the permanent enclosure or encapsulation of lead-based paint, the replacement of lead-painted surfaces or fixtures, and the removal or covering of lead contaminated soil; andAll preparation, cleanup, disposal, and post-abatement clearance testing activities associated with such measures.Specifically, abatement includes, but is not limited to:Projects for which there is a written contract or other documentation, which provides that an individual or firm will be conducting activities in or to a residential dwelling or child-occupied facility that:Shall result in the permanent elimination of lead-based paint hazards; orAre designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards and are described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this definition.Projects resulting in the permanent elimination of lead-based paint hazards, conducted by firms or individuals certified in accordance with ยง 745.226, unless such projects are covered by paragraph (4) of this definition;Projects resulting in the permanent elimination of lead-based paint hazards, conducted by firms or individuals who, through their company name or promotional literature, represent, advertise, or hold themselves out to be in the business of performing lead-based paint activities as identified and defined by this section, unless such projects are covered by paragraph (4) of this definition; orProjects resulting in the permanent elimination of lead-based paint hazards, that are conducted in response to state or local abatement orders.Abatement does not include renovation, remodeling, landscaping or other activities, when such activities are not designed to permanently eliminate lead-based paint hazards, but, instead, are designed to repair, restore, or remodel a given structure or dwelling, even though these activities may incidentally result in a reduction or elimination of lead-based paint hazards. Furthermore, abatement does not include interim controls, operations and maintenance activities, or other measures and activities designed to temporarily, but not permanently, reduce lead-based paint hazards.