3/10/2020 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $3,389, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
Specific Allegations
Respondent is a firm that performs renovations for compensation as those terms are defined, by 40 C.F.R. ? 745.83. Based on a review of Respondent's records during an EPA inspection at Respondent's office on April 1, 2019, Respondent performed renovation activities at the following residential homes: 6530 SW 63rd Avenue, Miami, FL., Renovation on 6/3/16, home built 1950; 520 Tivoli Avenue, Coral Gables, FL., Renovation on 10/26/17, home built 1955; 4390 SW 114th Court, Miami, FL., Renovation on 6/14/16, home built 1955; and 58732 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL., Renovation on 3/28/18, home built 1958. The residential units are target housing, as that term is defined by 40 C.F.R. 745.103.
Based on the inspection of the Respondent's records, the EPA alleges that Respondent violated
Sections 402 and 406 ofTSCA and 40 C.F.R. Part 745, Subpart E, in connection with the renovations described in paragraph 4, as follows:
a Respondent failed to apply to the EPA and obtain firm certification to perform, offer or claim to perform renovations or dust sampling for compensation, as required by 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.81(a)(2)(ii) and 745.89(a); and
b. Respondent failed to provide the owners of the residential homes with the EPA approved lead hazard information pamphlets as required by 40 C.F.R. 745.84(a)(l).