# CGNB APARTMENT BUILDING
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `19205`
- **Case Number:** 03-2000-0474
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $2K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $6K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- CGNB APARTMENT BUILDING (complaint) (settlement)
- WILLOUGHBY REAL ESTATE CO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

ON SEPT 27, 2000, EPA REGION III FILED TWO COMPLAINTS AND    NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING ( COMPLAINTS ).  ONE       COMPLIANT WAS FILED AGAINST, THE LESSOR, AND THE OTHER       AGAINST THE AGENT FOR THE LESSOR, OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT     3304 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, SE ( THE RENTAL PROPERTY ),        WASHINGTON, DC FOR ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING SECTION 409 OF THE    TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT ( TSCA ), 15 U.S.C. SECTION 286 2869, BY FAILING TO COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS CODIFIED AT 40   C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F (THE  DISCLOSURE RULE ), WHICH    REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING LEAD-   BASED PAINT PRIOR TO SALE OR LEWASE OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY  BUILT PRIOR TO 1978.  IN EACH OF THE COMPLAINTS EPA SEEKS A  $8,316 PENALTY FROM C.G.N.B. ASSOCIATES ( CGNB ) AND         WILLOUGHBY REAL ESTATE COMPANY, INC. ( WILLOUGHBY )          REGARDING SEVERAL WASHINGTON D.C. APARTMENTS.                RESPONDENT (CGNB AS LESSOR AND WILLOUGHBY AS AGENT FOR       CGNB) ENTERED INTO LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH LESSEE FIVE         APARTMENTS AT THE RENTAL PROPERTY, RESULTING IN VIOLATION OF THE DISCLOSURE RULE.  SPECIFICALLY, RESPONDENT CGNB VIOLATED 40 C.F.R. SECTION 745.113(B)(2) BY NOT PROVIDING TO THE      LESSEES, EITHER AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN A LEASES, A       STATEMENT DISCLOSING THE PRESENCE OF ANY KNOWN LEAD-BASED IN THE TARGET HOUSING OR INDICATING A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH PRESENCE.  RESPONDENT WILLOUGHBY VIOLATED 40 C.F.R. SECTION  745.115(A)(2) BY FAILING TO ENSURE C

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