8/29/2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,700 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON DECEMBER 13, 2022, AN EPA INSPECTOR CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF RESPONDENT?S WORKSITE LOCATED IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29412 (HEREINAFTER ?THE PROPERTY?) WHERE RESPONDENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CONDUCTING A ?RENOVATION,? AS DEFINED AT 40 C.F.R. ? 745.83, FOR COMPENSATION.
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT AT THE TIME RESPONDENT PERFORMED RENOVATION WORK AT THE PROPERTY, RESPONDENT HAD NOT APPLIED FOR OR OBTAINED FIRM CERTIFICATION TO PERFORM, OFFER, OR CLAIM TO PERFORM RENOVATIONS FOR COMPENSATION, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.81(A)(2)(II) AND 745.89(A)(1).