1/27/2020 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $175, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT IS A FIRM THAT PERFORMS RENOVATIONS FOR COMPENSATION AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, BY 40 CFR 745.83. ON DECEMBER 19, 2018, THE EPA CONDUCTED AS INSPECTION AT AN ACTIVE WORKSITE LOCATED AT 1101 MISSISSIPPI AVENUE, CHATTANOOGA, TN, WHERE RESPONDENT WAS PERFORMING RENOVATIONS ACTIVITIES ON A HOME. THIS RESIDENTIAL UNTIL IS TARGET HOUSING AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED BY 40 CFR 745.103.
BASED ON ITS INSPECTION OF THE RESPONDENT'S RECORDS, EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 402 OF TSCA AND 40 CFR PART 745, SUBPART E, IN CONNECTION WITH THE RENOVATION DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 4, AS FOLLOWS:
- RESPONDENT FAILED TO APPLY TO EPA AND OBTAIN FIRM CERTIFICATION TO PERFORM, OFFER, OR CLAIM TO PERFORM RENOVATIONS OR DUST SAMPLING FOR COMPENSATION AS REQUIRED BY 40 CFR 745.81(a)(2)(ii) AND 745.89(a).