8/10/2023 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,877 PENALTY DUE WITHIN 15 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE RESPONDENT DURING AN EPA INSPECTION CONDUCTED AT MOTEL 6 LOCATED AT 114 RIVER POINT PARKWAY IN CANTON, GEORGIA 30114 (THE FACILITY) ON DECEMBER 14, 2022, AND A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN EPA AND THE RESPONDENT ON FEBRUARY 14, 2023, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 112 OF THE CAA, 42 U.S.C. ? 7412, AND 40 C.F.R. PART 61, SUBPART M. SPECIFICALLY, THE EPA ALLEGES THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH INSPECTION FOR ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS PRIOR TO BEGINNING RENOVATION ACTIVITY, AS REQUIRED BY 40 C.F.R. ? 61.145(A), AT THE FACILITY. RENOVATION ACTIVITY, WHICH INCLUDED REPLACEMENT OF THE FLOORING MATERIALS AT THE FACILITY, COMMENCED AT THE FACILITY ON OR AROUND NOVEMBER 1, 2022.