1/25/2021 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $22,400.00. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON AUGUST 7, 2019, AN EPA INSPECTOR CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE RESPONDENT'S BUSINESS OPERATIONS AT RIVER VIEW APARTMENT HOMES, 5659 DEL PRADO DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIA 33617, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING THE RESPONDENT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, THE EPA INSPECTOR REVIEWED AND OBTAINED COPIES OF SOME OF THE RESPONDENT'S RECORDS TO DETERMINE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. SUBSEQUENT TO THE INSPECTION, ON JUNE 1, 2020, THE RESPONDENT SUBMITTED ADDITIONAL RECORDS TO THE EPA FOR REVIEW TO DETERMINE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F.
BASED ON THE EPA'S REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENT'S RECORDS, THE EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR LEASES OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF TARGET HOUSING BUILT IN 1971 AND 1972, THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
A. PROVIDE THE LESSEES WITH THE EPA-APPROVED LEAD HAZARD INFORMATION PAMPHLET IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. SECTION 745.107(A)(1);
B. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACTS TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING A STATEMENT BY THE LESSOR DISCLOSING THE PRESENCE OF KNOWN LEAD-BASED PAINT AND/OR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS IN THE TARGET HOUSING BEING LEASED OR INDICATING NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRESENCE OF LEAD-BASED PAINT AND/OR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. SECTION