State and federal laws impose severe penalties if the owner of a commercial property fails to inspect for and remove a lead hazard. Plus, you could suffer extensive liability if a lead hazard results in injury to an occupant or tenant using your commercial property. A landlord is legally responsible for any lead injuries—even if occupants are informed a lead hazard exists.

Expand your options with interim controls

The Massachusetts Lead Law allows some property owners to take intermediate measures where a lead hazard exists giving them more time to pay for the costs of permanent de-leading. To qualify, you must have your property inspected for risk assessment by a state-certified risk assessor. ASAP Environmental is state- and federally certified to perform risk assessment that could make you eligible to take temporary lead hazard reduction measures.

After you’ve taken the necessary temporary measures to contain a lead hazard, ASAP Environmental will re-inspect and give you a “Letter of Interim Control.” You then have up to 2 years to complete all of the work required to remove the lead hazard permanently. The inspector must return after the first year to insure that the temporary measures are working and that no immediate lead hazard exists.