Illinois’s pre-1978 housing stock means most renovation, repair, and painting firms operating here are subject to the EPA’s RRP Rule. Illinois is EPA-administered, so firm certification is granted by the U.S. EPA and recognized throughout Illinois.
We file the Illinois firm certification for $429 all in and return a five-year certificate plus your Lead-Safe Certified Firm logo. The $300 portion is the government fee, paid directly to the EPA at filing, never marked up.
We file for Illinois contractors statewide, including Chicago, Aurora, Naperville, Rockford.
We also file in all EPA-administered states. Read the full guide →
$429 all in: our $129 service fee plus the $300 U.S. EPA filing fee. Both are itemized at checkout, and the government fee is never marked up.
Valid 5 years. We send a renewal reminder before it lapses.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issues it. Illinois is EPA-administered, so there is no separate Illinois state program; the application goes through EPA's CDX system.
Any firm paid to disturb more than six square feet of interior paint, or more than twenty square feet of exterior paint, in Illinois housing or child-occupied facilities built before 1978, including crews working from Chicago, Aurora, Naperville, and Rockford. That covers general contractors, painters, plumbers, electricians, HVAC and window companies, and property managers.
Processing time is set by U.S. EPA; not guaranteed. We track your Illinois application to issuance and email your certificate plus your Lead-Safe Certified Firm logo.
A firm certification is issued per program, so crews that cross a state line into a state-run program need that state’s credential too. See the fee for every state we file → · EPA Lead-Safe certification guide →
$429 all in · valid 5 years · no SSN required.
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