9/9/2024 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,500 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON AUGUST 21, 2023, RESPONDENT SUBMITTED RECORDS TO THE EPA FOR REVIEW TO DETERMINE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. BASED ON THE EPA?S INSPECTION AND REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO THE CONTRACT FOR LEASE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING IDENTIFIED, RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
A. 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
B. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING A STATEMENT BY THE AGENT INVOLVED IN THE TRANSACTION TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THAT THE AGENT HAD
INFORMED THE LESSOR OF THE LESSOR?S OBLIGATIONS, AND THAT THE AGENT WAS AWARE OF HIS DUTY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(5).