12/15/2011 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $416. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED BY EPA ON OR ABOUT JULY 16, 2010, RELATING TO RESPONDENT'S CONTRACTS TO LEASE ITS TARGET HOUSING, EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 409 OF TSCA.
PURUSUANT TO 40 CFR SECTION 745.113(b)(5), EACH CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING SHALL INCLUDE, AS AN ATTACHMENT TO OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING SHALL INCLUDE, AS AN ATTACHMENT TO OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT, A STATEMENT BY THE ONE OR MORE AGENTS 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 AWARE OF HIS DUTY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. RESPONDENT FAILED TO INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION IN AT LEAST THREE LEASES.
PURSUANT TO 40 CFR SECTION 745.113(b)(6), EACH CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING SHALL INCLUDE IN THE CONTRACT LEASE SIGNATURES OF THE LESSOR, AGENT AND LESSEE CERTIFYING TO THE ACCURACY OF THEIR STATEMENTS, AS WELL AS DATES. RESPONDENT FAILED INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION IN AT LEAST TWO LEASES.