[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 57485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28566]


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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 October 4, 2001, a proposed consent 
decree in United States, et al., v. Oak Park Real Estate, Inc., et al., 
Civil Action No. 01 C 7582, was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
    The consent decree settles claims against management agents and 
owners of several residential apartment buildings in Chicago, Illinois, 
which were brought on behalf of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development and the Environmental Protection Agency 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 each defendant 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.
    Under the consent decree, defendants have agreed to provide the 
required notice and disclosures, to perform inspections at the 
buildings for the presence of lead-based paint, to perform lead-based 
paint abatement, and to pay the United States and the State of Illinois 
administrative penalties in the amount of $40,000. The defendants 
manage and/or own 25 buildings with over 650 residential units.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the consent 
decrees. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States, et 
al., v. Oak Park Real Estate, Inc., et al., D.J.#90-5-1-1-07056.
    The proposed 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 SW., Room 3206, 
Washington, DC 20410, (202) 755-1785; at the office of the United 
States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 S. Dearborn 
Street, 5th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 
77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604. A copy of the proposed 
consent decree may also be obtained by mail from the Department of 
Justice Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $12.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-28566 Filed 11-14-01; 8:45 am]
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