Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§2686 Lead Hazard Information Pamphlet

Title 15 › Chapter 53— TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL › Subchapter IV— LEAD EXPOSURE REDUCTION › § 2686

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The EPA must publish a lead-hazard information pamphlet within 2 years after October 28, 1992. The agency must ask for public comment and work with HUD and HHS. The pamphlet must explain health risks from lead; say where lead-paint hazards are found in federal or target housing; name who is most at risk (including children under 6, pregnant women, women of childbearing age, and people doing renovations); explain risks from renovating; describe approved ways to test for and reduce lead hazards and how well they work; tell how to find certified contractors; recommend a risk assessment or inspection before buying, renting, or renovating target housing; note that State and local laws may add rules and list agencies that can help; and include any other appropriate information about home environmental hazards. Within the same 2-year period, the EPA must make rules requiring anyone paid to renovate target housing to give the pamphlet to the owner and occupant before starting work.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §2686

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(a)Not later than 2 years after October 28, 1992, after notice and opportunity for comment, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall publish, and from time to time revise, a lead hazard information pamphlet to be used in connection with this subchapter and section 4852d of title 42. The pamphlet shall—

(1)contain information regarding the health risks associated with exposure to lead;

(2)provide information on the presence of lead-based paint hazards in federally assisted, federally owned, and target housing;

(3)describe the risks of lead exposure for children under 6 years of age, pregnant women, women of childbearing age, persons involved in home renovation, and others residing in a dwelling with lead-based paint hazards;

(4)describe the risks of renovation in a dwelling with lead-based paint hazards;

(5)provide information on approved methods for evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards and their effectiveness in identifying, reducing, eliminating, or preventing exposure to lead-based paint hazards;

(6)advise persons how to obtain a list of contractors certified pursuant to this subchapter in lead-based paint hazard evaluation and reduction in the area in which the pamphlet is to be used;

(7)state that a risk assessment or inspection for lead-based paint is recommended prior to the purchase, lease, or renovation of target housing;

(8)state that certain State and local laws impose additional requirements related to lead-based paint in housing and provide a listing of Federal, State, and local agencies in each State, including address and telephone number, that can provide information about applicable laws and available governmental and private assistance and financing; and

(9)provide such other information about environmental hazards associated with residential real property as the Administrator deems appropriate.

(b)Within 2 years after October 28, 1992, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations under this subsection to require each person who performs for compensation a renovation of target housing to provide a lead hazard information pamphlet to the owner and occupant of such housing prior to commencing the renovation.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 2686

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60