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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111 § 197

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111 § 197
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Massachusetts (state)
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(c) Owners may proceed either directly, or at the end of the process of interim control set out in a poisoning prevention management plan approved pursuant to subsection (b), to abate or contain paint, plaster or other accessible structural material in a particular premises in order to achieve full compliance. Prior to beginning such work, the owner or his agent shall notify the occupants of the premises, the director, the department of labor standards and the local board of health or code enforcement agency of the date on which such containment and abatement for full compliance will occur, and the method or methods that will be used. Where containment or abatement is to occur in common areas, including the exterior, all occupants of the premises shall be notified in writing.

All containment or abatement for full compliance subject to this chapter shall, pursuant to regulations promulgated by the director to ensure the safety of occupants, be performed as follows:

(1) All peeling paint, plaster or other structural material containing dangerous levels of lead, on both interior and exterior surfaces and fixtures shall be abated or contained.