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We’re dickering with our contractor over the details of the contract, and the sticking point is lead. We have a tenant, and want to have him agree to abide by the EPA guidelines that become binding in April 2010. They seem pretty basic: contain the workspace, mitigate dust (wet sand, etc.), and clean up after daily. The contractor – who has great refs – doesn’t want to be bound by this at all. Are we being unreasonable? Is he? Has anyone else tried to put lead-mitigation language into a contract?