6/21/2022 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $41,200.00. PENALTY TO PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF TARGET HOUSING, RESPONDENT FAILED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT(S) TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING:
A. THE APPROPRIATE LEAD WARNING STATEMENT IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(1);
B. 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. ? 745.113(B)(2);
C. A STATEMENT BY THE LESSEE AFFIRMING RECEIPT OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(2) AND 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(3), AND THE LEAD HAZARD PAMPHLET REQUIRED UNDER 15 U.S.C. ? 2686 IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(4);
D. A STATEMENT BY THE AGENT(S) INVOLVED IN THE TRANSACTION TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THAT THE AGENT(S) HAS INFORMED THE LESSOR OF THE LESSOR?S OBLIGATIONS, AND THAT THE AGENT(S) IS/ARE AWARE OF HIS/THEIR DUTY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(5), AND AS
PROMULGATED AT 61 FEDERAL REGISTER 9085 (MARCH 6, 1996); AND
E. THE SIGNATURE OF LESSORS, AGENTS, AND LESSEES, CERTIFYING TO THE ACCURACY OF THEIR STATEMENTS, TO THE BEST OF TH