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EPA RRP Lead Documents
The EPA just reported 16 enforcement actions against contractors violating the Lead Repair, Renovation, and Painting Rule. Violators can be fined up to $37,500 per day. The violations resulted from audits of records from past projects. Protect yourself with our EPA RRP Record Keeping Documents.
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When you receive a letter from the Department of Labor & Industry informing you that they've opened an investigation of your company, call us right away. Don't try to handle it yourself. DOLI has experienced investigators who know how to ask questions that can make matters worse for you.
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Your contract documents should be a sales tool for your business, not a bunch of legal mumbo-jumbo that your sales people don't understand.
Call us to learn about this and other ways that Acumen Legal Advisors, PLLC. can help you grow, and protect, your bottom line.
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Greetings!
Spring is a time for new business and construction growth. Housing inventory is reaching all-time lows, and interest rates are as well. New construction will be on the rise and remodels will be underway as people upgrade their homes to sell. Acumen Legal Advisors is here to help make this a successful new season!
As we move forward into a new building season, we are always keeping a watchful eye on industry changes and new legislation. Click on Alden's article to learn about several changes affecting the construction industry in the 2013 legislature. Thom's article explores the recent changes to our judicial process, and how those changes affect future legal disputes. This month's guest writer, Sean Stevens, has important information about business and insurance needs. Finally, don't forget to check out the EPA corner for upcoming changes in the EPA lead paint rules.
As always, we stand ready to help you prepare for the new season. Don't forget to check in and make sure your contracts are up to date, licensure is in place, and all of your corporate paperwork for the year is out of the way so you can get out there and take advantage of this exciting market growth!
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2013 MINNESOTA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
C. Alden Pearson, Attorney at Law
The Minnesota Legislature is in the middle of its 2013 session of this legislative biennium. Any bills that have not passed out of their second committee are "dead" for this legislative year. However, as we have seen many times before, nothing ever really dies that cannot be revived by attachment to or replacement of another piece of surviving legislation. Session ends May 20, 2013. Until then, we must remain vigilant.
A number of active bills affecting the construction industry remain viable. Here is a list of those as well as ones that have failed to meet their deadlines.
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SUING SOMEONE? GET SERIOUS
Thomas J. Okoneski, Attorney at Law
The decision to commence a law suit has always involved legal, moral and financial considerations. Starting this Summer, the implementation of a few new Rules of Civil Procedure for Minnesota District Courts will cause us all to consider further.
The first of the new rules we will discuss is Rule 1of the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure (this seems appropriate!).
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TIGHTENING OF PROCEDURES
Sean C. Stevens, Construction Manager
Associated Insurance Agent
If you are not already aware, Insurance companies (especially in the construction industry) are really tightening the procedures for underwriting and audits.
I wanted to address a few common items that I have seen lately, and touch on a few suggestions. Please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions, or would like clarification.
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EPA CORNER
MARCH 2013
NEW LEGISLATION
Many of our contractor clients have questions about the EPA RRP rules. This column hightlights pertinent questions from the EPA's Frequently Asked Questions and provides some further analysis of the answer.
Home builders and owners welcome the new legislation in Washington D.C., which will improve the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting (LRRP) rule.
The LRRP has been under debate since 2010.
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