Lowe?s Home Centers, one of the nation?s largest home improvement retailers, has agreed to implement a comprehensive, corporate-wide compliance program at its over 1,700 stores nationwide to ensure that the approximately 5,700 contractors it hires to perform work minimize lead dust from home renovation activities, as required by the federal Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule. The Consent Decree, filed on November 25, 2025, resolves violations alleged in the complaint, from Lowe?s stores in Regions 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10. The company will pay a $12,500,000 civil penalty, which is the largest ever for violations of the RRP Rule.