On October 1, 2010 the Environmental Protection Agency will require all contractors to have 10 hours of training to achieve a lead-paint safety certificate. On Monday, just before submitting all our final paperwork to the co-op for one last final sign off before starting renovations, we found out that our co-op will start requiring this certification NOW, even though the EPA does not require it until later this year. Of course this ruling from the EPA is so new that our contractor had never even heard of it before. YIKES! Another delay we feared.
Thankfully, today we found out that our contractor will be able to take the necessary course tomorrow and should have his certificate in hand by the end of the day. WHEW! With this in mind, we already are happy with our contractor before he's even done a speck of work.
Although this little curve ball from the EPA threw us off track slightly, it looks like we'll be able to submit the final paperwork on Monday. Hopefully the co-op won't take so long with a final approval. Keeping our fingers and paws crossed.
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