9/9/2025 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $2,300.00 TO BE PAID IN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON JUNE 4, 2024, AN INSPECTOR WITH THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT?S JOBSITE LOCATED AT 419 TOWNES STREET, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 29601 (THE ?RENOVATION PROPERTY?), WHERE RESPONDENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING A ?RENOVATION?, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING RESPONDENT?S COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART E. THE RENOVATION PROPERTY IS A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED BEFORE 1978. UPON ARRIVAL, THERE WAS NO ONE AT THE PROPERTY. ON JUNE 5, 2024, THE INSPECTOR CONTACTED A BUSINESS PARTNER OF RESPONDENT. N JUNE 7, 2024, RESPONDENT CONTACTED THE INSPECTOR VIA EMAIL. THE INSPECTOR THEN REQUESTED COPIES OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS TO EVALUATE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPARTS E
AND F, WHICH RESPONDENT PROVIDED TO THE INSPECTOR ON JUNE 27, 2024.
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT, IN ITS CAPACITY AS AN AGENT CONCERNING THE LEASING OF THE LEASED PROPERTIES, FAILED TO INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE LEASE CONTRACTS, A STATEMENT BY THE LESSEE AFFIRMING RECEIPT OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(2) AND (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 INSPECTION OF THE RENOVATION PROPERTY,