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April 11, 2024April 12, 2024Housing, Lead, Paint

Lead in Paint: Tenants Prompt EPA to Use RCRA to Clean Up Lead Dust in CT

EPA ordered a property owner of an apartment complex in a renovated old factory in Connecticut to assess and clean up lead-based paint hazards after the agency determined the hazards “may present an imminent and substantial endangerment” to tenants. The agency acted pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) as a backstop when the local health department lacked authority to address units where no young children lived.

March 10, 2024March 11, 2024Housing, Paint

Congress Cuts HUD’s Lead Hazard Reduction Grants by 31%

Congress cut HUD’s FY24 appropriations for its Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program by 31%, from $290 to $200 million for FY24…Making matters worse, Congress also took back $65 million appropriated in FY22 for this program that HUD had until September 30, 2024, to obligate by issuing grants to communities to clean up lead-based paint hazards.

February 13, 2024February 15, 2024Lead, Paint

Lead Paint: Rhode Island Summit Highlights New Laws & Backsliding on Registry

Rhode Island held an impressive second annual Summit to End Childhood Lead Poisoning cosponsored by the state’s Attorney General and Department of Health. I was honored to be able to join about 200 people who participated in person on February 2.