4/22/2024 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $10,100 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON AUGUST 24, 2022, AN INSPECTOR WITH THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT?S PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED IN MIAMI, FLORIDA 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 AUGUST 24, 2022, AND MARCH 14, 2023, THE EPA DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT HAD ENTERED INTO CONTRACTS TO LEASE THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT ARE TARGET HOUSING AT THE LOCATIONS ON THE SPECIFIED DATES AS INDICATED IN THE CAFO.
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR LEASE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT ARE TARGET HOUSING LISTED, RESPONDENT FAILED TO INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACTS TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING, A STATEMENT BY THE LESSEES 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).
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT, AT THE TIME RESPONDENT OFFERED TO PERFORM AND/OR PERFORMED RENOVATIONS OF THE PROPERTIES LISTED IN
PARAGRAPH 31, RESPONDENT FAILED TO APPLY TO THE EPA AND OBTAIN FIRM CERTIFICATION TO PERFORM, OFFE