9/17/2024 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $25,000 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON NOVEMBER 6, 2023, PURSUANT TO ITS AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION 11 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2610, AN EPA INSPECTOR CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT?S PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED AT 96 ?
RUTLEDGE AVENUE, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29401, 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 INSPECTOR REQUESTED COPIES OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS TO DETERMINE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. RESPONDENT STATED THAT IT DID NOT
HAVE SUCH RECORDS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE BUT WOULD SUBMIT RECORDS TO THE EPA AFTER THE INSPECTION. ON NOVEMBER 16, 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 REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT FOR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF LOCATED AT 164 A-2, 164 A-3, 164 B-4, 164 C-3, 164 B-3, 164 A-1, 164 C-1, AND 164 D WENTWORTH STREET, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (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); AND
B. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE