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Compliance and Enforcement News Release (Region 1): Apartment Complex Owner Pays Fine for Failing to Warn Tenants about Lead Paint in Springfield, Mass.
News Release
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
New England Regional Office
November 30, 2009
Contact: Paula Ballentine, (617) 918-1027
Apartment Complex Owner Pays Fine for Failing to Warn Tenants about Lead Paint in Springfield, Mass.
(Boston, Mass. – Nov. 30, 2009) – The owner of a 25-unit apartment building in Springfield, Mass. has agreed to pay a fine of $10,000 to settle an EPA enforcement action alleging violations of federal lead-based paint disclosure requirements.
The real estate company, MA No. 2, LLC (MA2), is a Nevada corporation that owns the Parkview Apartments on Federal Street in Springfield. In March 2006, EPA issued a subpoena seeking information regarding lead disclosure at Parkview. The subpoena response provided EPA with information leading to this enforcement case and the underlying allegations that eight lease transactions from 2004 and 2005 by MA2 were in violation of the Lead Disclosure Rule.
In particular, EPA found that MA2 failed to provide tenants with lead hazard information pamphlets, information and records about known lead-based paint and/or hazards at Parkview, lead warning statements in leases, and statements disclosing the presence of known lead-based paint or hazards, or the lack of such knowledge. As part of the settlement, EPA agreed to withdraw liability claims against another party it had originally named along with MA2, after factual information provided after the case was filed showed that the party was not liable for the Parkview violations.
Infants and young children are especially vulnerable to lead paint exposure, which can cause developmental impairment, reading and learning disabilities; impaired hearing; reduced attention span, hyperactivity and behavioral problems. Adults with high lead levels can suffer difficulties during pregnancy, high blood pressure, nerve disorders, memory problems and muscle and joint pain. While violation of lead disclosure laws can increase the potential for exposure to lead-based paint, information available to EPA does not indicate that any lead poisoning occurred as a result of these violations.
Federal law requires that property owners, property managers and real estate agents leasing or selling housing built before 1978 provide the following information to tenants and buyers: an EPA-approved lead hazard information pamphlet, called Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home; a lead warning statement; statements disclosing any known lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards; and copies of all available records or reports regarding lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards. This information must be provided to tenants and buyers before they enter into leases or purchase and sales agreements. Property owners, property managers and real estate agents equally share responsibility for providing lead disclosure information and must retain copies of records regarding lead disclosures for three years. Currently, MA2 has come into compliance with these requirements.
More information: Lead paint disclosure enforcement in New England (www.epa.gov/ne/enforcement/leadpaint/index.html)
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Superfund & Brownfields News (Region 5): EPA: Kalamazoo River Superfund update meetings Dec. 1 in Plainwell, Dec. 3 in Kalamazoo
CONTACT: Mick Hans, 312-353-5050, hans.mick@epa.gov
Don de Blasio, 312-886-4360, deblasio.don@epa.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 09-OPA233
EPA: Kalamazoo River Superfund update meetings Dec. 1 in Plainwell, Dec. 3 in Kalamazoo
(CHICAGO - Nov. 30, 2009) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 hosts two meetings this week to update Kalamazoo area residents on portions of the Kalamazoo River Superfund site.
A general site update meeting will be held Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 6:30 p.m., at the Comfort Inn, 622 Allegan St., Plainwell. The presentation will include an update on planned cleanup activities in Plainwell.
A meeting focused on the Allied Landfill portion of the site will be held Thursday, Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m., in the Prairies Room of the Radisson Plaza Hotel, 100 W. Michigan, Kalamazoo. This meeting will include a presentation on responsible party Millennium Holdings' recently developed feasibility study covering a range of cleanup alternatives for the former Allied Paper Landfill. EPA will review the study this winter.
Representatives from partner agencies including Michigan Department of Environmental Quality are expected at both meetings.
The complete Kalamazoo River Superfund area stretches 80 miles from Saugatuck on Lake Michigan to the Morrow Dam. EPA and MDEQ's cleanup efforts primarily focus on the removal and containment of PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls. PCBs are a group of toxic chemicals that were widely used in carbonless copy paper and as coolants, insulators and lubricants. PCBs are of concern because they concentrate in the food chain resulting in health hazards to people, fish and wildlife. Congress banned the manufacture of PCBs in 1976, and PCBs still in use are strictly regulated.
For more information or special accommodation at the Dec. 1 and 3 meetings, contact EPA Community Involvement Coordinator Don de Blasio at 800-621-8431, Ext. 64360, or deblasio.don@epa.gov. See site information online: http://www.epa.gov/region5/sites/kalproject
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Partnerships and Stewardship Media Alert (HQ): EPA Administrator Jackson to Recognize Communities for Smart Growth Achievement
CONTACT:
EPA Press Office
press@epa.gov
202-564-6794
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 30, 2009
EPA Administrator Jackson to Recognize Communities for Smart Growth Achievement
WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will present the National Award for Smart Growth Achievement to four communities that are models of how to grow in ways that protect our nation’s air, land, and water; reduce greenhouse gas emissions; provide safe and affordable housing; and strengthen local economies.
WHO: Administrator Jackson and recipients of the National Award for Smart Growth
Achievement
WHAT: EPA Administrator Jackson presents National Smart Growth Achievement Awards to four
communities
WHEN: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 3:00 p.m. EST
Award ceremony followed by a panel discussion moderated by Juliet Eilperin,
Washington Post staff writer
WHERE:
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