# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 16 — Lead

### Chapter 08 — Environmental Investigations

#### Regulation .08 Environmental Investigation Report.

*COMAR 26.16.08.08*

A. Pursuant to the provisions of Environment Article, §6-819, Annotated Code of Maryland, if the property being investigated is an affected property with a defect observed during an on-site assessment:

  (1) The lead paint risk assessor shall issue a Notice of Defect to the owner of the affected property; and

  (2) The property owner shall satisfy the modified risk reduction standard within 30 days of receiving the Notice of Defect from the lead paint risk assessor.

B. A lead paint risk assessor shall prepare an environmental investigation report that includes the following information:

  (1) Identification of lead hazards in the property subject to the environmental investigation;

  (2) Recommendations of immediate actions the caregiver, pregnant woman, or property owner can take to reduce the child’s or pregnant woman’s further exposure to lead; and

  (3) Recommendations designed to eliminate a child’s or pregnant woman’s exposure to lead through:

    (a) One or more lead hazard reduction treatments or an abatement performed by a lead paint abatement services provider accredited by the Department under COMAR 26.16.01, and in accordance with the abatement of lead-containing substances protocols under COMAR 26.02.07; or

    (b) Discontinued use of a secondary source that poses a lead hazard to the child or pregnant woman.

C. The lead paint risk assessor shall provide a copy of the environmental investigation report to:

  (1) The caregiver or pregnant woman;

  (2) If different than the caregiver or pregnant woman, the owner of the property subject to the environmental investigation; and

  (3) At the discretion of the Department or local health department, the health officer in the county where the environmental investigation was performed.