On August 13, 2019, the Environmental Appeals Board ordered the company to pay a penalty of $78,888.
On February 7, 2018, Region 1 issued an Administrative Complaint alleging that Investment Properties LLC (Respondent) failed to comply with lead-based paint disclosure requirements of TSCA's 1018 Disclosure Rule . The Disclosure Rule ensures that purchasers and renters of housing built before 1978 receive the information necessary to protect themselves an their families from lead-based paint hazards. Respondent owns or owned nine buildings containing a total of 55 units of target housing. The Complaint alleges 20 violation of the Disclosure Rule requirements at nine residential units owned by Respondent and proposes a penalty of $82,896. The State of Maine is supportive of this action.