4/3/2024 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,500 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING CONTRACTS FOR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF TARGET HOUSING AS SET FORTH IN THIS CAFO, RESPONDENT FAILED TO INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACTS TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING:
A. A STATEMENT BY THE LESSEES AFFIRMING RECEIPT OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(2)
AND 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(3), AND THE LEAD HAZARD PAMPHLET REQUIRED UNDER 15 U.S.C. ? 2686, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(4); AND B. THE SIGNATURES OF THE LESSORS, AGENTS, AND LESSEES, CERTIFYING TO THE ACCURACY OF THEIR STATEMENTS, TO THE
BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, ALONG WITH THE DATES OF SIGNATURE, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(6).
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT IN THE COURSE OF THE RENOVATIONS OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 32, RESPONDENT, IN ITS CAPACITY AS A FIRM, FAILED TO APPLY TO THE EPA AND OBTAIN 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).