On October 30, 2019, the Regional Judicial Officer ratified a Consent Agreement and Final Order ( CAFO ) between EPA Region III and Mr. Muhammad Ashraf ( Respondent ), of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The CAFO settles and resolves Respondent's liability for alleged violations of TSCA Section 409 and Section 1018 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, and regulations promulgated thereunder at 40 C.F.R. Part 745, Subpart F, commonly known as the Disclosure Rule . The Disclosure Rule seeks to ensure that individuals and families receive the information necessary to protect themselves from lead-based paint and/or lead-based paint hazards and requires sellers, lessors and agents to comply with certain information provision and disclosure requirements when selling or leasing housing constructed before 1978 ( target housing ). The alleged violations pertain to the Respondent's failure to comply with the Disclosure Rule's lessor responsibilities under 40 C.F.R. 745.107 and 113. Specifically, EPA alleges that in each of six (6) lease agreements for residential target housing (i.e., a single-family residence and an apartment building containing 5 residential dwelling units), the Respondent failed to comply with requirements to: (a) provide each lessee with an EPA-approved lead hazard information pamphlet before the lessee became obligated to lease the target housing under the terms of the lease agreement; (b) include as an attachment to, or as a part of, each