Has anyone come across a building that meets the credit requirements for SSc3 but also has Lead paint, of which the owner has chosen to paint over instead of remove (which is legally ok in the state of the project.) My thoughts are that the existence of Lead Paint holds to conflict with this credit at all and that is acceptable.

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Larry Sims

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Studio4, LLC

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Wed, 08/20/2014 - 18:21

Sara, it appears your project has met the intent of the credit, so it's down to the issue of addressing the lead contamination. Even though "having lead paint on walls in the building is not a sufficient threshold to earn this credit", in your instance the authority having jurisdiction (state) approves covering the source of lead with paint. This would also likely protect you in the event any future liability issues arose regarding lead remediation, as you have provided a state approved barrier that encapsulates the contamination.

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