8/29/2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $54,700 TO BE PAID IN SIX (6) INSTALLMENTS WITHIN 180 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS OBTAINED DURING ITS NOVEMBER 17, 2022, INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT?S PLACE OF BUSINESS, THE EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR THE LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF TARGET HOUSING, RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
A. 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);
B. 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);
C. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING, 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); 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, A