The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing civil penalties against five landlords in Colorado and one in Utah for not including lead warnings as part of their leases.
The landlords are Kief-Riddell Partnership of Fullerton, Calif., which operates an apartment complex in Boulder; Gerald Kelly Trust, which operates a complex in Colorado Springs; Mack Irrevocable Trust of Denver, which operates a complex in Lakewood; the Meryash Family Trust of Carmel Velley, Calif., which operates a complex in Wheat Ridge; and Cherry hills Apartments Business Trust of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, which operates a complex in Salt Lake City.
The landlords failed to comply with the Residential Lead-based Paint Hazard Reduction Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act, which require landlords to warn tenants before they sign a lease about the possible presences of lead-based paint and its health hazards.
EPA regulations require that an owner of housing built before 1978 provide, prior to renting a property, an EPA-approved lead hazard information pamphlet, a lead warning statement, a statement disclosing the presence of any known lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards, a list of any records or reports available to the owner related to lead-based paint or hazards, a statement by the renter that they received the information and signatures dated by both parties certifying the accuracy of their statements.
Source: Denver Post