6/13/2024 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $27,400 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON DECEMBER 6, 2022, AN INSPECTOR WITH THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT?S PLACE OF BUSINESS IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING RESPONDENT?S COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 40 C.F.R. PART 745,
SUBPARTS E AND F.
BASED ON A REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS SUBMITTED ON DECEMBER 7, 2022, AND JANUARY 25, 2023, TO DETERMINE RESPONDENT?S COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPARTS E AND F, THE EPA ALLEGES:
- PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR LEASE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF TARGET HOUSING LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 33(A) AND (B), RESPONDENT FAILED TO INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THE SIGNATURES OF THE LESSORS, AGENTS, AND LESSEES, CERTIFYING TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, THE ACCURACY OF THEIR STATEMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.113(B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(4), AND (B)(5), ALONG WITH THE DATES OF SIGNATURE, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(6).
- PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR LEASE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF TARGET HOUSING LISTED, 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);
B. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACTS TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THE APPROPRIATE LEAD WARNING STATEMENT IN