6/18/09 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,806, PLUS INTEREST, WHICH IS TO BE PAID OVER A 3-YEAR PERIOD IN 12 QTRLY PAYMENTS OF $154.97. THESE QTRLY PAYMENTS SHALL BEGIN WITHIN 30 CALENDAR DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO. FINAL PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 1,020 DAYS OF THE DATE THE CAFO WAS FILED.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT IS A LESSOR OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING LOCATED AT 301 NORTH CHURCH STREET, MOUNT OLIVE, NC.
BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY EPA ON OR ABOUT NOV 15, 2007, RELATING TO RESPONDENT'S CONTRACTS TO LEASE ITS TARGET HOUSING, EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED TSCA SECTION 409 AND 40 CFR PART 745, SUBPART F AS FOLLOWS:
PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 745.107(a)(1), A LESSOR SHALL PROVIDE THE LESSEE AN EPA-APPROVED LEAD HAZARD INFO PAMPHLET BEFORE THE LESSEE IS OBLIGATED UNDER ANY CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING. RESPONDENT FAILED TO PROVIDE LESSEE AN EPA-APPROVED PAMPHLET IN AT LEAST ONE LEASE.