9/22/2025 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $31,400.00 TO BE PAID IN THIRTY-SIX (36) INSTALLMENTS. THE FIRST PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO AND SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS DUE IN 30 DAYS INTERVALS FROM SAID EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON NOVEMBER 6, 2023, AN INSPECTOR WITH THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT?S PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED AT 1630 MEETING STREET, #205, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29405, 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 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 RECORDS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE BUT WOULD SUBMIT RECORDS TO THE EPA AFTER THE INSPECTION. ON NOVEMBER 27, 2023, 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 INSPECTION AND REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS AS NOTED IN SECTION IV OF THIS CAFO, THE EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS FOR THE LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT ARE 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);
B. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACT TO LEASE