9/17/2025 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,500.00 TO BE PAID IN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON AUGUST 23, 3024, AN INSPECTOR WITH THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT?S OFFICE LOCATED AT 555 SUN VALLEY DRIVE, SUITE B4, ROSWELL, GEORGIA 30076, 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 INSPECTOR REQUESTED COPIES OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS TO
EVALUATE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. RESPONDENT ADVISED THE INSPECTOR THAT THE REQUESTED RECORDS WERE NOT PRESENT AT THE OFFICE AT THAT TIME BUT WOULD BE SUBMITTED AFTER THE INSPECTION. SUBSEQUENT TO THE INSPECTION, ON MULTIPLE DATES, RESPONDENT SUBMITTED RECORDS TO THE EPA FOR REVIEW TO EVALUATE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F.
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF THE RECORDS SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENT, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT, IN ITS CAPACITY AS AN AGENT CONCERNING THE LEASING OF TARGET HOUSING DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 20 OF THIS CAFO, FAILED TO:
(A) INCLUDE, AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING, A STATEMENT BY THE LESSOR DISCLOSING THE PRESENCE OF KNOWN LEAD-BASED PAINT AND/OR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS IN THE TARGET HOUSING BEING LEASED OR INDICATING NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRESENCE OF LEAD-BASED PAINT AND/OR LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARDS, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(2); AND
(B) INC