Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 43717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20742]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 15, 1999 a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Capitol Park Associates (No. 1:99CV01901) 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Columbia.
    The consent decree settles claims concerning residential apartment 
buildings in the District of Columbia that were brought on behalf of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Residential 
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 42 U.S.C. Sec. 4851 et seq. 
(``Lead Hazard Reduction Act''). The United States alleged in its 
complaint that defendants failed to provide information to tenants 
concerning lead-based paint hazards, and failed to disclose to tenants 
the presence of any known lead-based paint or any known lead-based 
paint hazards.
    This consent decree settles claims against Capitol Park for 
violations of the Lead Hazard Reduction Act. Capitol Park owns three 
buildings in the District of Columbia, containing 936 apartment units. 
Under the consent decree, Capitol Park will provide the notices and 
disclosures required by the Lead Hazard Reduction Act, will perform 
abatement measures to make apartment units lead-safe, will pay $10,000 
in administrative penalties, and will perform a Child Health 
Improvement Project which consists of $15,000 of funding to support the 
Upper Cardoza Center, a low-income health clinic in Washington, provide 
health care, intervention and education for non-English speaking 
Families with one or more lead-poisoned children.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent 
decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Capitol Park Associates D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-06558/3.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Office of Lead Hazard Control, attention: Matthew E. 
Ammon, 490 L'Enfant Plaza S.W, Room 3206, Washington, D.C. 20410, (202) 
755-1785. The consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from 
the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0852, or on the Department 
of Justice website at: ``http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/consent.html''. In 
requesting copies from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check for the copy production of the decree (25 cents per page) payable 
to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-20742 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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