[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 96 (Thursday, May 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 28956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9944]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on April 1, 2005, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Gorman Park Properties, L.L.L.P. et al., 
Civil Action No. 05-cv-00648-DSD-SRN, and on March 30, 2005 a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. Bashir Moghul., Civil Action No. 05-
cv-00649-JNE-JGL, were lodged with the United States District Court for 
the District of Minnesota.
    In United States v. Grendahl, the United States, on behalf of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') and the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (``HUD''), alleges that Grendahl Park II LLC, 
Grendahl Park III LLC, and Gorman Park Properties (``Grendahl''), three 
family-owned real estate businesses, violated the Act by failing to 
make various disclosures required by Section 1018 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 
4852d, and its implementing regulations. The Grendahl defendants own 
and manage 12 residential properties in Minneapolis with a total of 208 
units. In the proposed consent decree, the defendants agree to abate 
all lead-based paint hazards in each of their units. Grendahl also 
agrees to pay to the United States an administrative penalty of $7,500 
and to perform a $50,000 Child Health Improvement Project (``CHIP'') to 
provide a mobile lead-screening van for use in the Minneapolis area.
    In United States v. Moghul, the United States alleges that Bashir 
Moghul (``Moghul''), who owns and manages 28 houses and duplexes in 
Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Indiana, similarly violated the Act by 
failing to make the disclosures required by the Act and the 
regulations. In the proposed consent decree with Moghul, the defendant 
agrees to abate the lead-based paint hazards and replace all the 
windows in each of his houses in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Indiana and 
pay an administrative penalty of $5,000 to the United States.
    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 Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Gorman Park Properties, L.L.L.P. et al., D.J. 
90-5-1-1-08518, or United States v. Bashir Moghul, D.J. 
90-5-1-1-08520.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel, 451 7th St. 
NW., Room 9262, Washington, DC 20410 (Attn.; at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, 600 U.S. 
Courthouse, 300 South Fourth Street, Minneapolis Minnesota, 55415 
(Attn. Assistant United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker); and at 
U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 (Attn. 
Assistant Regional Counsel Mary McAuliffe). During the public comment 
period, the consent decrees may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. 
Copies of the consent decrees may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood ( [email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy please refer 
to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $10 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the U.S. Treasury for 
the consent decree in United States v. Gorman Park Properties, L.L.L.P. 
et al., D.J. 90-5-1-1-08518 and $10.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs), payable to the U.S. Treasury, for the consent 
decree in United States v. Bashir Moghul, D.J. 90-5-1-1-08520.

Karen Dworkin,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-9944 Filed 5-18-05; 8:45 am]
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