(1) If your project involves rehab or repair in a home where you will be disturbing paint surfaces and you do not know if the paint is lead-based, the project would include a paint evaluation by a licensed lead inspector . If control activities are needed (based on the results of the lead inspection), project would include such control activities performed by a licensed lead abatement worker(s) . Depending on the size of the contractor’s workforce and the magnitude of the project, there may or may not be a licensed lead abatement supervisor involved with the direction and cleanup . Again, this category of licensing is not required as long as there are licensed lead abatement worker(s) performing such tasks.
(2) If your project involves rehab or repair in a home where you will be disturbing paint, and you already know lead based paint to exist (based on a lead inspection performed by a licensed lead inspector, or based on result of previous inspections if determined to be reliable ), depending on the scope of the project, your project should include:
(a) if the property is unoccupied and you plan to gut the interior:
licensed lead abatement worker(s) removing and properly handling and disposing of lead paint materials (with or without a licensed lead worker supervisor), and a licensed lead inspector performing clearance testing;
(b) if the property is occupied and you plan to perform work in a specific part of the home:
licensed lead abatement worker(s) removing and properly handling and disposing of lead paint materials (with or without a licensed lead worker supervisor), and a licensed lead inspector performing clearance testing;
(c) if project involves rehabilitation throughout a home, vacant or occupied, in which only some of the known lead based paint will be removed:
Although not required, for cost considerations, the project could include the performance of a risk assessment to evaluate the most effective use of additional lead evaluations by the licensed lead inspector, if needed, and most effective type and level of lead controls by licensed lead abatement worker(s), with our without licensed lead abatement supervisors. (At present, risk assessment is not required to be performed by a licensed person in Missouri.)
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