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How do I contact EPA about lead concerns in my area?

Answer: You may call the National Lead Information Center at 1-800-424-LEAD(5323) or visit our Contact Us about Lead page. You can also report violations online. Question Number: 23002-33312 Find a printable PDF copy of all frequent questions pertaining to lead.

• Last published: January 6, 2026

3M LeadCheck Swabs Qualitative Spot Test Kit for Lead in Paint

This report provides results for the performance evaluation of the 3M LeadCheck Swabs qualitative spot test kit for lead in paint.

Final Report of the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel on EPA's Planned Proposed Rule: Lead-Based Paint, Certification and Training, Renovation and Remodeling Requirements, March 3, 2000

Report of Small Business Advocacy Review Panel convened for proposed rulemaking on lead-based paint Certification, Training, Renovation and Remodeling Requirements that EPA is developing.

Summary and Assessment of Published Information on Determining Lead Exposures and Mitigating Lead Hazards Associated with Dust and Soil in Residential Carpets, Furniture and Forced Air Ducts, EPA 747-S-97-001, December, 1997

Presents the findings of a literature review on information concerning lead in dust within residential carpets, furniture (including upholstery and window treatments), and forced air ducts.

Popular Resources for District of Columbia

Popular resources for the District of Columbia from EPA.

Popular Resources for West Virginia

Popular resources for West Virginia from EPA.

Tribal Treaty Rights

EPA guidance for discussing treaty rights and responses to comments on draft EPA guidance for discussing tribal treaty rights

Region 3 Tribal Program

EPA resources for federally-recognized tribes within Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Tribal Partnership Groups

Brief description of Tribal Advisory Groups

Electro-Plating Services - I696 Release Site Documents

pdf documents related to i-696 release site

Documents related to Proposed Consent Agreement and Proposed CAFO against Globe Metallurgical, Inc., CWA-05-2021-0004

Globe Metallurgical, Inc. Consent Agreement and Final Order CWA-05-2021-0004 Beverly, Ohio

Adjustments to the HUD National Survey Dust Data for Section 403 Analyses, Final Report, EPA 747-R-96-011, December 1996

This report provides adjustments to the HUD National Survey Dust Data for Section 403 Analyses.

Review of studies addressing lead abatement effectiveness: Updated Edition, EPA 747-B-98-001, December 1998

Updates a 1995 review, summarizing 19 additional studies of lead hazard interventions to reduce blood-lead concentrations in exposed children.

Final Report for the Comprehensive Abatement Performance Study, Volume I: Summary Report, EPA 230-R-94-013a, April 1996

Report on a 1990 EPA and HUD Comprehensive Abatement Performance Study that concluded lead-based paint abatements are effective.

Truckstop Distributors, Inc. d/b/a Joplin 44 - Clean Water Act Public Notice

The EPA is providing notice of a proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment against Truckstop Distributors, Inc. d/b/a Joplin 44, for alleged violations at the Facility located at 4240 South Highway 43, Joplin, Missouri, 64801

Iowa 80 Truckstop, Inc. - Clean Water Act Public Notice

The EPA is providing notice of a proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment against Iowa 80 Truckstop, Inc., for alleged violations at the Facility located at 515 Sterling Drive, Walcott, Iowa 52773.

Visibility - Regulatory Actions

Visibility - Regulatory Actions

2016 Version 3 Technical Support Document

This TSD describes how the emission inventories were prepared for air quality modeling by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for criteria air pollutants to represent the years of 2016, 2023 and 2028.

Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Mountaintop Mining/Valley Fill in Appalachia

Documents related to Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Mountaintop Mining/Valley Fill in Appalachia

Pennsylvania Reaches Infrastructure Milestone

With a series of “aye” votes, the Pennsylvania agency that turns EPA funding and state financing into water infrastructure projects crossed a key threshold recently – $8 billion in investment over nearly three decades