12/11/2024 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $2,400 TO BE PAID IN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON NOVEMBER 6, 2023, AN INSPECTOR WITH THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT'S PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING RESPONDENT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. RESPONDENT DID NOT HAVE RECORDS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE INSPECTION. 17. ON DECEMBER 1, 2023, RESPONDENT SUBMITTED RECORDS TO THE EPA FOR REVIEW TO DETERMINE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. BASED ON A REVIEW OF RESPONDENT'S RECORDS, THE EPA DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT HAD ENTERED INTO CONTRACTS ON BEHALF OF A LESSOR TO LEASE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT ARE TARGET HOUSING (CONSTRUCTED BEFORE 1978).
BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE RECORDS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT ARE TARGET HOUSING, RESPONDENT FAILED TO INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACTS TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING THE SIGNATURES OF THE LESSORS, AGENTS, AND LESSEES CERTIFYING TO THE ACCURACY OF THEIR STATEMENTS TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, ALONG WITH THE DATES OF SIGNATURES, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113{B)(6}.