On November 27, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5 filed a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) with the Regional Hearing Clerk in the matter of Feldco Factory Direct, LLC. The CAFO simultaneously commences and concludes, alleged violations of the education and information distribution requirements of the regulations codified at 40 C.F.R. Part 745, Subpart E, Requirements for Hazard Education Before Renovation of Target Housing (Pre-Renovation Education Rule or PRE Rule).
Respondent Feldco Factory Direct, LLC, is a limited liability corporation that installs windows, doors, and siding in homes and businesses in the States of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Under the terms of the CAFO, Respondent agrees to pay $45,000 as a penalty, and to perform a supplemental environmental project to abate lead hazards in low income pre-1978 properties, prioritizing residential properties where one or more children and/or a pregnant woman resides, and day care facilities, located in the Cook County, Illinois area, by providing windows with a retail value of $225,000 to the Cook County Health and Hospitals System over a period of 36 months.