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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 26.16.08.08" title_num="26" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="08" heading="Environmental Investigation Report.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>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:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The lead paint risk assessor shall issue a Notice of Defect to the owner of the affected property; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A lead paint risk assessor shall prepare an environmental investigation report that includes the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Identification of lead hazards in the property subject to the environmental investigation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Recommendations designed to eliminate a child’s or pregnant woman’s exposure to lead through:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>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</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Discontinued use of a secondary source that poses a lead hazard to the child or pregnant woman.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The lead paint risk assessor shall provide a copy of the environmental investigation report to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The caregiver or pregnant woman;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If different than the caregiver or pregnant woman, the owner of the property subject to the environmental investigation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>At the discretion of the Department or local health department, the health officer in the county where the environmental investigation was performed.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>