EPA v. TOPIK ENTERPRISES
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
RESPONDENTS FAILED TO PROVIDE PROPER LEAD-PAINT HAZARD NOTIFICATION TO TENANTS AT 17 PROPERTIES IN WOONSOCKET RI. ON APRIL 6, 2006, ADMINSITRATIVE LAW JUDGE, CARL C CHARNESKI, ISSUED AN INITIAL DECISIONFINDING THAT TOPIK ENTERPRISES, LLC ( TOPIK ENTERPRISES ), AND LEAD AND ASBESTOS ENCASEMENT DESIGNS LLC ( LAED ) VIOLATED SECTION 409 OF THE TOXIC SUSBSTANCES AND CONTROL ACT ( TSCA ) AND EPA's LEAD-BASED PAINT DISCLOSURE RULE (THE DISCLOSURE RULE ), 40 CFR. PART 745, SUBPART F. FOR THESE VIOLATIONS, A CIVIL PENALTY OF $79,200 WAS ASSESSED AGAINST TOPIK ENTERPRISES, AND A CIVIL PENALTY OF $79,200 WAS ASSESSED AGAINST LAED.
Defendants (2)
- TOPIK ENTERPRISESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- LEAD & ASBESTOS ENCASEMENT DESIGNS LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
TOPIK ENTERPRISES LLC
606 EAST SCHOOL STREET, WOONSOCKET, RI, 028951346
Registry ID: 110017715882
Statutes cited
- TSCA 409 — Lead: Violation of Section 1018
Enforcement conclusions (1)
TOPIK ENTERPRISESentered 2006-04-06
Primary law: TSCA
Federal penalty: $222,200
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2003-10-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2004-04-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2006-04-06Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 107105
- Case number
- 01-2004-7003
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 01
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Lead: Violation of Section 1018
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-2004-7003 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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