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Unlicensed (RRP) Mass Contractor Loses $60,000 kitchen project.

Posted by Mark Paskell on Wed, Mar 09, 2011 @ 11:00 PM
  
  
  
  
  

Three weeks ago a contractor called me freaking out that he needed his Mass Lead Safe Renovation Contractor License as a condition to win a $60,000.00 kitchen job. He was RRP trained last spring and like many contractors did not send in his EPA Certified Firm Application. He has employees and needs to send in an OSHA Written Respirator and Worker Safety Plan to qualify for the Mass Lead license. Since he was not listed on the Mass License list he lost the kitchen job. Ouch!

                      EPA Certified Firm               Massachusetts

The homeowner is educated on the EPA RRP regulation, has kids and lives in a home built in 1920. She researched the law and requested lead certifications. She saw the consumer flyer produced by the DOS telling homeowners to hire a lead safe contractor.

On page two of the Massachusetts homeowner flyer it says;

“To make sure that your contractor is trained in lead safety, ask to see his or her DOS license. To find a licensed contractor near you and to learn more about the rule, visit www.mass.gov/dos.”

Massachusetts homeowner brochure

The spring remodeling season is just around the corner. Many consumers are starting to do their research to prepare for hiring a contractor. Educated consumers spend hours on line, speak to friends and co-workers and check with relatives before they decide who they will invite to their home. In their search they look for credentials, references, expertise and knowledge.

Some have learned about the EPA RRP Lead Rule and more will follow as the word spreads. 

The question is will this happen on one of your jobs? What will you do if a consumer asks why your not listed as a Certified Firm in an EPA state like New York, Conn, Vermont, Maine or New Hampshire? In Mass or Rhode Island what will you do if the consumer goes to the state license list and your not there? Do you think they may hire your competition instead of you?

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Comments

It's about time an illegal contractor lost a job to a legal contractor!!
Posted @ Thursday, March 10, 2011 11:14 AM by Tom L
Many contractors who are EPA certified and who are on the EPA list are not on the Mass License List you link to in your article. These contractors may have filled out the Mass Lead-Safe Renovation Contractor Licensing Waiver which they can do if they were EPA certified before Mass took over. Does the fact that they applied for the "licensing waiver" mean they are not "Mass. Licensed"? because they are not on the Mass. License List. Is there a master list of contractors in MA who are Certified? (containing those certified under the original EPA program and certified by the Mass Program) If someone goes to look on the state list for a contractor, they are not seeing many, many certified contractors - and it should somehow be clear that people with either the state license or the state license waiver are certified.
Posted @ Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:53 PM by Nancy
http://www.epa.gov/improvingregulations/  
 
wright in to the epa your voice needs to be heard by 3/15/2011
Posted @ Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:55 PM by paul k
Nancy 
 
Contractors who applied to the EPA before 7/9/2010 can fill out the waiver and obtain their Mass Lead Safe Renovation Contractor License. Once they do this they are suppose to be listed on the Mass List. If you applied and are not on the list then call Patricia Sutliffe at 617-969-7177 ext 320.  
 
 
 
Many contractors who were certified with the EPA before 7/9/2010 are still in the dark about the Mass takeover. There are over 4000 Mass firms who are on the EPA site. Another factor that is causing contractors to hold back registering their firms with Mass is the OSHA requirements in the Mass law. I am meeting wit the DOS tomorrow and will mention your comments. 
 
Mark
Posted @ Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:11 PM by Mark Paskell
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