8/22/2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $78,300. PENALTY TO PAID WITHIN 60 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, AND THE INFORMATION PRESENTED BY RESPONDENT DURING THE SHOW CAUSE MEETINGS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING
INTO CONTRACTS FOR THE LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF TARGET HOUSING IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 31, RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
A. PROVIDE THE LESSEES WITH AN EPA-APPROVED LEAD HAZARD INFORMATION PAMPHLET IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.107(A)(1) AND 745.115(A)(2);
B. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING, THE APPROPRIATE LEAD WARNING STATEMENT, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.113(B)(1) AND 745.115(A)(2);
C. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT 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. ?? 745.113(B)(2)
AND 745.115(A)(2); AND
D. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THE SIGNATURES OF THE LESSORS, AGENTS, AND LESSEES, CERTIFYING TO THE ACCURACY OF THEIR STATEMENTS, TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, ALONG WITH THE DATES OF SIGNATURE IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.113(B)(6) AND 745.115(A)(2).