8/2/2023- CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $600. PENALTY TO PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, AND THE INFORMATION PRESENTED BY RESPONDENT DURING THE SHOW CAUSE MEETING, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT TO SELL THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING THAT IS TARGET HOUSING UNDER WHICH THE PURCHASER BECAME OBLIGATED
TO PURCHASE THE TARGET HOUSING, RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
A. PERMIT THE PURCHASER A 10-DAY PERIOD, OR A WRITTEN, MUTUALLY AGREED UPON DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD, TO CONDUCT A RISK ASSESSMENT OR INSPECTION FOR THE PRESENCE OF LEAD-BASED PAINT AND/OR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.110(A), AND FOR WHICH RESPONDENT HAD NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN NOTICE FROM THE PURCHASER THAT THEY HAD WAIVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT THE RISK ASSESSMENT OR INSPECTION, AS SET FORTH IN 40 C.F.R. ? 745.110(B); AND
B. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE CONTRACT TO SELL TARGET HOUSING, A STATEMENT BY THE PURCHASER AFFIRMING RECEIPT OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(A)(2)
AND 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(A)(3), AND THE LEAD HAZARD PAMPHLET REQUIRED UNDER 15 U.S.C. ? 2686, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(A)(4).