2/21/17 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,550. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ORDER ALLEGES:
BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY RESPONDENT TO THE EPA, DATED AUGUST 11, 2016, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTIONS 402 AND 406 OF TSCA AND 40 CFR PART 745, SUBPART E AS FOLLOWS:
A. RESPONDENT FAILED TO OBTAIN INTITAL LEAD CERTIFICATION FROM THE EPA BEFORE CONDUCTING RENOVATIONS ON ANY PRE-1978 PROPERTIES FOR COMPENSATION UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 745.89(a) PURSUANT TO 40 CFR SECTION 745.81(a)(2)(ii).
B. RESPONDENT FAILED TO PROVIDE A COPY OF THE EPA'S LEAD HAZARD INFORMATION PAMPHLET, ENTITLED RENOVATED RIGHT UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 745.84(b)(1)(I) PURSUANT TO 40 CRR SECTION 745.84(a)(1); TO EACH OWNER OF THE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED, AN FAILED TO OBTAIN WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE OWNERS THAT HAD RECEIVED THE PAMPHLETS; AND
C. RESPONDENT FAILED TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN RECORDS, OR TO MAKE AVAILABLE SUCH RECORDS, UNDER 40 CFR SECTION 745.86(b) PURSUANT TO 40 CFR SECTION 745.87(b).