§2686 Lead Hazard Information Pamphlet

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency must publish and keep up-to-date a simple pamphlet about lead hazards within 2 years after October 28, 1992, after giving notice and a chance for public comment and working with the Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services departments. The pamphlet must explain health dangers from lead; where lead hazards are found in federally assisted, federally owned, and target housing; who is most at risk (children under 6, pregnant women, women who can have children, people who do home renovations, and others living where lead hazards exist); risks from renovating; approved ways to find and reduce lead hazards and how well those methods work; how to get a list of certified contractors; a recommendation to get a risk assessment or inspection before buying, renting, or renovating target housing; and contact information for federal, state, and local agencies and other useful information the EPA thinks is needed. Within 2 years after October 28, 1992, the EPA must make rules that require anyone paid to renovate target housing to give that pamphlet to the owner and the occupants before starting work.