RESPONDENTS FAILED TO PROVIDE PROPER LEAD-PAINT HAZARD NOTIFICATION TO TENANTS AT 17 PROPERTIES IN WOONSOCKET RI.
ON APRIL 6, 2006, ADMINSITRATIVE LAW JUDGE, CARL C CHARNESKI, ISSUED AN INITIAL DECISIONFINDING THAT TOPIK ENTERPRISES, LLC ( TOPIK ENTERPRISES ), AND LEAD AND ASBESTOS ENCASEMENT DESIGNS LLC ( LAED ) VIOLATED SECTION 409 OF THE TOXIC SUSBSTANCES AND CONTROL ACT ( TSCA ) AND EPA's LEAD-BASED PAINT DISCLOSURE RULE (THE DISCLOSURE RULE ), 40 CFR. PART 745, SUBPART F. FOR THESE VIOLATIONS, A CIVIL PENALTY OF $79,200 WAS ASSESSED AGAINST TOPIK ENTERPRISES, AND A CIVIL PENALTY OF $79,200 WAS ASSESSED AGAINST LAED.