EPA Settlement Resolves Alleged Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Violations at Putnam, Connecticut Apartment Complex
EPA Action Ensures Residents Right to Know about Lead Hazards and Protect Children's Health
Boston (August 10, 2026) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement agreement with Konover Residential Corporation, resolving alleged violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act. The alleged violations involve the company's failure to provide required lead-based paint disclosures to tenants for 11 apartment units at the mixed-use Cargill Falls Mill property in Putnam, Connecticut.
"EPA's lead-based paint disclosure requirements are essential to protecting the health of New England communities, especially children who are most vulnerable to lead exposure," said EPA New England Regional Administrator Mark Sanborn. "This settlement demonstrates EPA's commitment to enforcing federal lead disclosure laws, promoting compliance, and ensuring tenants receive the information they need to protect themselves and their families from lead hazards".
Following resident complaint submissions, EPA conducted a TSCA lead-based paint inspection at Cargill Falls Mill of Konover, the property management company at the time of the inspection. The following alleged Lead Disclosure Rule violations were identified with respect to the leases for 11 units:
- Failure to provide tenants with the required EPA lead hazard information pamphlet;
- Failure to include the required lead warning statement in the lease;
- Failure to disclose known information about lead-based paint or lead hazards to tenants, or indicate no knowledge of such information; and
- Failure to provide available records or reports about lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards, or indicate that no such records are available.
In addition, EPA determined children were living in the apartments where the alleged violations occurred.
Under the settlement agreement, Konover agrees to pay a penalty of $359,069 and to operate in compliance with federal lead paint disclosure regulations. To remain in compliance, Konover must:
- Provide lessees with an EPA-approved lead hazard information pamphlet, attach the Lead Warning Statement to every lease agreement, disclose any known lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards (or indicate no such knowledge), and
- Provide all available records and reports related to lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards for the target housing with each lease or indicate no such records are available.
Background
Konover Residential Corporation, incorporated in Connecticut in 1986, is a subsidiary of the Simon Konover Company and manages residential and commercial rental properties in several states. At the time of the violations, Konover maintained and leased the residential units at the Cargill Falls Mill property at 58 Pomfret Street in Putnam, Connecticut. The historic mixed-use complex was converted into residential and commercial units around 2017 and is owned by Historic Cargill Falls Mill, LLC.
Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Rule
Under the federal Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act and TSCA, EPA enforces the Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Rule by inspecting records and sites to ensure that sellers, property managers, real estate agents, and other regulated parties comply with federal lead disclosure requirements. For homes built before 1978, required information about known lead-based paint and lead-based hazards must be provided before a buyer or tenant becomes obligated under a contract.
Read more about EPA's lead laws and regulations.
Since the 1970s, EPA has worked alongside partners at the federal, state, Tribal, and local levels to protect children's health and make progress in reducing lead exposures and lead-related health risks. Despite improvements over the last 50 years, ongoing exposures to lead where our families live, work, and play present a health risk, especially to children.
To combat this issue, in 2025 the Trump II EPA reestablished a committee of senior leaders across the agency's program offices and ten regions to drive success in reducing children's exposure to lead. This renewed agency-wide focus is centered around strengthening cooperative federalism, streamlining actionable risk communications, and unleashing private sector innovation to protect human health and the environment.
Please see EPA's Lead website for additional information.
