LEWISTON — Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency filed separate complaints against two Lewiston developers, charging each with a number of lead-paint violations at rental properties they either owned or managed.

Lewiston developer Travis Soule, the subject of one of the enforcement actions, never responded to the E0PA’s complaint, which contained allegations against him regarding seven of his rental properties.

According to William Chin, enforcement counsel for EPA, the case against Soule remains open and unresolved.

A complaint against PropSys Inc., owned by developers Lee Griswold and Steve Griswold, has been settled, and PropSys has until Jan. 12 to pay a $39,162 civil fine to the EPA. The management company had been facing fines of up to $154,400.

According to a consent agreement between PropSys Inc. and the EPA, PropSys President Lee Griswold agreed to the terms of the final settlement order without admitting or denying the facts contained in the EPA’s complaint. Specifically, EPA charged PropSys with not adequately disclosing the presence of lead paint in buildings it manages and in which families with young children were renting apartments, or notifying these families of even the possibility that lead paint may have been present in any building constructed before 1978.

According to the complaint naming PropSys, the management company failed to notify residents in two apartments at CentreVille Commons in 2003, two at Washburn Apartments from 2004 to 2007, two at Maple Knoll Apartments in 2000, and four apartments at Pleasant View Acres in 2000 and again in 2007.

PropSys does not own any of the buildings it manages that were subject to this complaint and there was no finding by EPA that anyone renting an apartment managed by PropSys suffered from lead poisoning or any other lead-related illness.

The enforcement actions against Soule and PropSys were among the first cases brought by the EPA in Maine under the federal Lead Disclosure Rule contained in the Toxic Substances Control Act, which requires renters to be notified of the possible presence of lead-based paint in homes and offices.