EPA Lead-based Paint Rules Cost Landlords Thousands of Dollars in Fines. Strict lead-based paint regulations imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have resulted in costly fines to businesses and landlords looking to sell or rent their property.
As the basketball season winds down, the excitement heats up as another NBA Playoff season kicks off in the battle to win the national championship. This year, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 marks the end of the regular NBA season. Three days later, the 2017 NBA playoffs games are scheduled to start on Saturday, April 15, 2017. The NBA Playoffs feature the top eight teams in each NBA conference all doing battle on the court in a best of seven series against each other.
The NBA announced the current revised playoff seeding system on September 8, 2015. Following the NBA regular season, eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs and are seeded one to eight.BA division winners were seeded higher than any other playoff participants, regardless of their record. Prior to 2004, when the NBA was aligned into two conferences with two divisions each, the top two seeds in each conference were reserved for the division winners.