Lead Paint Notification
There
is a legal mandate based on an EPA law passed in April 2010, that
testing for lead paint occur in apartment housing built before 1978.
The rationale is that paint produced and applied after 1978 was non-lead
based paint, because lead based paint was banned at that time. The
Nova Environmental inspection team was hired to test painted surfaces
applied before 1978 in the university apartments. The tool they used to
determine the presence of lead can analyze almost ten layers of paint.
Northwest
Apartments had two components that were considered positive for lead:
all interior and exterior window components (including apartment and
common area windows) and most painted concrete ceilings. There were not
any components that contained lead based paint in Kewadin Village.
It
is our legal obligation to notify the residents/potential residents
that there is lead based paint present. The EPA has a pamphlet that
will satisfy this requirement. Visit the EPA website to access a downloadable copy of the brochure. For a copy of the complete report, please contact Environmental Health and Safety at 989-774-7398 or visit Smith Hall 103.