10/19/2020 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $13,500. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON THE EPA'S REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENT?S RECORDS DURING THE OCTOBER 4, 2019, INSPECTION, THE EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT FOR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF TARGET HOUSING AT (A) 893 EAST CONFEDERATE AVENUE, SE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30316, BUILT IN 1930 , LEASE ENTERED INTO ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2018; AND (B) 3418 CREEK VALLEY DRIVE, SE, SMYRNA, GEORGIA 30082, BUILT IN 1964, LEASE ENTERED INTO ON JANUARY 9, 2018, THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
A. PROVIDE THE LESSEE WITH THE EPA-APPROVED LEAD HAZARD INFORMATION PAMPHLET IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.107(A)(1);
B. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT(S) TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING, THE APPROPRIATE LEAD WARNING STATEMENT, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113( B)(1);
C. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT(S) TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING A STATEMENT BY THE AGENT INVOLVED IN THE TRANSACTION TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THAT THE AGENT HAS INFORMED THE LESSOR OF THE LESSOR' S OBLIGATIONS, AND THAT THE AGENT IS AWARE OF HIS DUTY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(5), AS PROMULGATED AT 61 FEDERAL REGISTER 9085 (MARCH 6, 1996) ; AND
D. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT(S) TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THE SIGNATURES OF THE LESSORS, AGENTS, AND LESSEES, CERTIFYING TO THE ACCURACY OF THEIR STATEMENTS, TO THE BEST