8/28/2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $6,400 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS DURING THE AUGUST 30, 2022, INSPECTION, AND THE RECORDS SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENT SUBSEQUENT TO THE INSPECTION, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
A. PROVIDE THE LESSEE WITH THE EPA-APPROVED LEAD HAZARD INFORMATION PAMPHLET PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT FOR LEASE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING THAT IS TARGET HOUSING AS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 45 ABOVE, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.107(A)(1);
B. APPLY TO THE EPA AND OBTAIN FIRM CERTIFICATION TO PERFORM, OFFER, OR CLAIM TO PERFORM RENOVATIONS OR DUST SAMPLING FOR COMPENSATION, PRIOR TO CONDUCTING THE RENOVATIONS ON THE PROPERTIES DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 47 IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.81(A)(2)(II) AND 745.89(A);
C. PROVIDE THE OWNERS OF THE UNITS BEING RENOVATED WITH THE EPA APPROVED LEAD HAZARD INFORMATION PAMPHLET IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.84(A)(1); AND
D. ENSURE THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING RENOVATION ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF THE FIRM WERE EITHER CERTIFIED RENOVATORS OR WERE TRAINED BY A CERTIFIED RENOVATOR IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.81(A)(3) AND 745.89(D)(1).