9/23/2025 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,718.00 TO BE PAID IN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON JUNE 25, 2024, AN INSPECTOR WITH THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT?S PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED AT 884 JOHNNIE DODDS BOULEVARD, SUITE 201, MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA 29464, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING RESPONDENT?S COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. SUBSEQUENT TO THE INSPECTION, THE INSPECTOR REQUESTED COPIES OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS TO EVALUATE RESPONDENT?S COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F. ON JULY 15, 2024, RESPONDENT SUBMITTED RECORDS TO THE EPA VIA EMAIL FOR REVIEW TO EVALUATE RESPONDENT?S COMPLIANCE WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 745, SUBPART F.
BASED ON THE EPA?S REVIEW OF RESPONDENT?S RECORDS, THE EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT PRIOR TO OFFERING AND ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT FOR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS OF TARGET HOUSING, RESPONDENT FAILED TO:
A. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACTS TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING, THE APPROPRIATE LEAD WARNING STATEMENT, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(1); AND
B. INCLUDE AS AN ATTACHMENT OR WITHIN THE CONTRACTS TO LEASE TARGET HOUSING, A STATEMENT BY THE LESSEE AFFIRMING RECEIPT OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(2)-
(3), AND THE LEAD HAZARD PAMPHLET REQUIRED UNDER 15 U.S.C. ? 2686, IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. ? 745.113(B)(4).