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Home Depot to pay $20.8M fine for lax contractor oversight

| December 18, 2020 12:09 AM

Home Depot Inc. will pay a $20.8 million fine for failing to ensure that its contractors follow lead paint rules. The civil penalty announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency is the largest such penalty to date under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

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