8/28/2025 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $670.00 TO BE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON JUNE 4, 2024, PURSUANT TO ITS AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION 11 OF TSCA, 15 U.S.C. ? 2610, AN EPA INSPECTOR CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF RESPONDENT?S WORKSITE AT A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING LOCATED AT 409 TOWNES STREET, GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 29601 (THE PROPERTY) WHERE RESPONDENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PERFORMING A ?RENOVATION,? FOR COMPENSATION. THE PROPERTY WAS CONSTRUCTED BEFORE 1978. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE INSPECTION, RESPONDENT WAS UNABLE TO
PROVIDE RECORDS TO THE INSPECTOR DOCUMENTING THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING TO PERFORM, AND PERFORMING RENOVATION WORK AT THE PROPERTY, RESPONDENT HAD APPLIED FOR OR OBTAINED ?FIRM CERTIFICATION? AS REQUIRED BY 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.81(A)(2)(II) AND 745.89(A)(1).
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT, IN THE COURSE OF THE RENOVATION OF THE PROPERTY SET FORTH ABOVE IN SECTION IV, RESPONDENT FAILED TO APPLY TO THE EPA AND OBTAIN ?FIRM CERTIFICATION? TO PERFORM, OFFER, OR CLAIM TO PERFORM RENOVATIONS FOR COMPENSATION, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ?? 745.81(A)(2)(II) AND 745.89(A)(1).