Find a licensed asbestos or lead abatement contractor on Long Island

What asbestos and lead abatement contractors do

Asbestos abatement contractors remove or seal asbestos materials, and lead abatement firms remove lead hazards, both under state and federal rules that set who may do the work and how.

• Old pipe or boiler insulation, floor tile or siding before a renovation.
• Paint in a house built before 1978 that will be disturbed.
• A buyer, lender or contractor asking for testing.

Who licenses asbestos and lead abatement contractors on Long Island

• Industrial Code Rule 56 bars an asbestos contractor from an asbestos project unless the contractor holds a valid asbestos handling license issued by the state Commissioner of Labor.
• Firms working as asbestos abatement contractors, management planners, project designers, project monitors, allied trades people, inspectors or air sampling monitors must each obtain an asbestos handling license.
• The state's asbestos exemption covers an owner-occupied single-family home when the homeowner lives there and does the work alone.
• The EPA's lead abatement certification, also called Lead-Based Paint Activities certification, is a specialized certification for firms that specifically work with lead-based paint, such as lead abatement, risk assessor and inspection firms.
• EPA says RRP certification suits firms that disturb paint in pre-1978 homes simply as a consequence of doing other work, which sets it apart from abatement certification.
• Lead abatement workers may conduct abatement under the direction of certified abatement supervisors, who may supervise projects and prepare occupant protection plans and abatement reports.

Step by step: how to check an asbestos or lead abatement contractor's license in Suffolk or Nassau.

What it costs

Labor is a large part of any price. Long Island hazardous materials removal workers earn a median $86,751 a year, from about $59,480 at entry level to $91,778 with experience. (New York State Department of Labor, wages updated to the first quarter of 2026.)

Abatement prices turn on the material, how much there is, where it is, containment and disposal, and the testing before and after. See the asbestos and lead abatement cost guide.

What to ask before you hire

• Your county license number, so I can check it before I sign?
• A certificate of insurance sent to me by your insurer, not a photo?
• Is your company licensed by the New York State Department of Labor for asbestos work, and your workers certified?
• Who did the survey or testing, and is it separate from your company?
• How will the work area be contained and cleared?
• Who files the notices the work requires?

How Revival helps

Request a free call. Revival goes over the job and the permit with you, checks licenses and insurance, and introduces up to two vetted, licensed asbestos and lead abatement contractors as they join our network. You choose who to hire, and you never pay Revival.