[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 236 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76754-76755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30900]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on December 3, 2010 a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Combined Development Co. I, LLC, et al., 
Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-853 was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
    The consent decree settles claims against the owners and managers 
of 166 housing units in nine separate properties located in or near 
Cincinnati, Ohio. The claims were brought on behalf of the 
Environmental Protection Agency (``U.S. EPA'') and the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (``HUD'') under the Residential Lead-
Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, 42 U.S.C. 4851 et seq. (``Lead Hazard 
Reduction Act''). The United States alleged in the complaint that the 
Defendants failed to make one or more of the disclosures or to complete 
one or more of the disclosure activities required by the Lead Hazard 
Reduction Act.
    Under the Consent Decree, the Defendants will certify that they are 
complying with residential lead paint notification requirements. The 
Defendants will submit a plan for window replacement work and will 
replace all windows known to or believed to contain lead-based paint in 
all residential properties owned or managed by Defendants that are not 
certified lead-based paint free. In

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addition, Defendants will abate lead-based paint hazards on friction 
and impact surfaces, stabilize other lead-based paint hazards, and pay 
an administrative penalty of $7,500.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
Proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
either e-mailed to [email protected] or mailed to U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Combined Development Co. I, LLC, et al., D.J. Ref. 
 90-5-1-1-09435.
    The Proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel, 451 7th St. 
NW., Room 9262, Washington, DC 20410; at the office of the United 
States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 303 Marconi Blvd., 
Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (Attn. Assistant United States Attorney 
Andrew M. Malek); and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, IL 60604. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree 
may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, 
to http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 
Consent Decree 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 from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail 
or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at 
the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-30900 Filed 12-8-10; 8:45 am]
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