8/29/2024 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $180 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON MARCH 5, 2024, AN INSPECTOR WITH THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT?S PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED AT 2208 NORTH 20TH AVENUE, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 33020, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING RESPONDENT?S COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, THE EPA REQUESTED COPIES OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS TO DETERMINE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. RESPONDENT ADVISED THE INSPECTOR THAT THE
RECORDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME IN THE OFFICE AND STATED THEY WOULD BE PROVIDED SUBSEQUENT TO THE INSPECTION.
ON MARCH 25, 2024, 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 REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT FOR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF TARGET HOUSING, 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 ACCURACY OF THEIR STATEMENTS MADE PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.113(B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(4), AND (B)(5), TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, ALONG WITH THE DATES OF SIGNATURE, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(6).