8/15/2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,000. PENALTY TO PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON THE EPA'S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT'S RECORDS DURING THE AFOREMENTIONED INSPECTION, AND THE RECORDS SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENT SUBSEQUENT TO THE INSPECTION, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT, IN ITS CAPACITY AS A LESSOR AND AN AGENT CONCERNING THE LEASING OF TARGET HOUSING FAILED TO:
A. PROVIDE THE LESSEE(S) WITH AN EPA-APPROVED LEAD HAZARD INFORMATION PAMPHLET IN VIOLATION OF40 C.F.R. ? 745.107(A)(L);
B. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THE APPROPRIATE LEAD WARNING STATEMENT IN VIOLATION OF40 C.F.R. ?745.113(B)(J);
C. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING A STATEMENT BY THE LESSOR DISCLOSING THE PRESENCE OF KNOWN LEAD-BASED PAINT AND/OR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS IN THE TARGET HOUSING BEING LEASED OR INDICATING NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRESENCE OFLEAD-BASED PAINT AND/OR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745. L L 3(B )(2);
D. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING A STATEMENT BY THE AGENT(S) INVOLVED IN THE TRANSACTION TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THAT THE AGENT(S) HAS INFORMED THE LESSOR OF THE LESSOR'S OBLIGATIONS, AND THAT THE AGENT(S) IS/ARE AWARE OF HIS/THEIR DUTY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.L 13(B)(5); AND
E. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THE SIGNATU