BOSTON – Coldwell Banker real estate brokerage offices, including an office in East Providence, are facing civil penalties for violating lead paint disclosure rules, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last week.
Doing business as both NRT New England LLC and Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services LLC, the corporation committed 102 violations of the Lead Disclosure Rule in 34 real estate transactions between 2005 and 2007, EPA said.
“Exposure to lead paint is a serious public health concern for children in New England because much of our housing was built before 1978, when use of lead paint was banned,” EPA Regional Administrator Robert W. Varney said in a statement accompanying the announcement. “Property managers, owners and their agents play an important part in helping to prevent lead poisoning by following lead paint disclosure requirements and making sure families are aware of potential lead paint hazards in homes.”
The agency said the case against Coldwell Banker – with other offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire – is one of the largest cases it has brought against a real estate company for lead paint disclosure violations in New England.
Each violation could be accompanied by an $11,000 fine. In FY08, EPA nationally has “record-shattering enforcement results,” which include requiring polluters to spend about $11 billion on pollution controls, clean-up and environmental projects, the agency said.
For additional news and information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s New England (Region 1) office in Boston, visit www.epa.gov/region1.
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