Read the HPD order number before hiring anyone. Orders 616, 617, and 624 are Class C lead-hazard violations with different testing histories. Correction generally requires an EPA-certified firm, safe work practices, dust-clearance testing, sworn statements, certifications, and HPD reinspection before removal. Confirm the current requirement in the cited agency system and in any notice issued for the property.
Identify the order before defining the repair
Order 616 concerns presumed lead paint, Order 617 concerns paint that tested positive, and Order 624 concerns an inconclusive XRF result or certain presumed lead on metal or ceramic components. Turnover and recordkeeping orders use other numbers and different evidence.
Confirm the child-in-residence facts, building age, cited surface, XRF result, correction date, certification date, and whether HPD lists the violation as overdue or Defect.
- Read the violation type, cited surfaces, apartment, child information, correction date, and certification instructions.
- Confirm the contractor and any dust-sampling technician hold the credentials required for the work.
- Plan resident protection, access, containment, cleaning, sampling, and document collection before work begins.
| Order | What HPD says it represents |
|---|---|
| 616 | Peeling or deteriorated paint presumed to contain lead. |
| 617 | Peeling or deteriorated paint that tested positive for lead. |
| 624 | Inconclusive XRF result or specified presumed lead condition. |
| 621/622/623/625 | Turnover-related friction-surface or record requirements. |
Correct and certify with the required lead evidence
Use the form attached to the notice or HPD’s current order-specific form. HPD can reject certification when a prohibited company performs the testing or work.
- Correct every cited lead hazard with qualified personnel and the required safe-work process.
- Complete cleaning, dust-clearance sampling, laboratory review, and any necessary rework.
- Assemble the affidavits, certifications, results, and repair evidence required by HPD.
- Submit on time and monitor for acceptance, contest, inspection, or further agency direction.
Use the notice, postponement, or overdue path
Orders 616, 617, and 624 are Class C violations. The correction and certification dates appear on the Notice of Violation. HPD allows up to two postponement requests for listed serious technical, material, funding, labor, or access problems; a request is not automatic approval.
Once the deadline has passed, ordinary certification is unavailable. HPD Online provides building-specific overdue lead instructions based on inspection history.
Lead violations fail on documentation as often as repair
Use this list as a final review before filing, paying, certifying, or closing the internal task.
- Hiring a contractor without confirming the required EPA license and eligibility.
- Omitting dust-clearance laboratory results, sampler training, affidavit, firm certification, or sworn statement.
- Using general eCertification or a generic HPD correction form.
- Treating paint coverage as correction without addressing the cited deteriorated surface and safe-work requirements.
Retain the complete lead packet
Keep the order, XRF information, EPA firm and worker credentials, work record, dust-clearance chain, affidavits, form, delivery, and HPD reinspection result.
- Lead violation and cited surface schedule
- Contractor and sampling credentials
- Work, containment, cleaning, laboratory, and clearance records
- Certification package and HPD result
Wait for HPD reinspection and removal
Fresh paint is not proof of compliant lead correction. The required work record, clearance evidence, certification, and HPD status must align.
HPD states that accepted timely documents are followed by reinspection before the violation can be cleared. Submission alone is not closure.
This article provides general information and is not legal advice.
