[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43717-43718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20743]
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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. Cornerstone Real Estate Management L.L.C.
(``Cornerstone'') (No. 1:99CV01906) was lodged with the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia.
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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. Secs. 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 two defendants--1425
Park Avenue, L.L.C. and Cornerstone (collectively ``Cornerstone'')--for
violations of the Lead Hazard Reduction Act. Cornerstone owns and
manages four buildings containing 52 apartment units in the District of
Columbia. Under the consent decree, Cornerstone 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
$2,000 in administrative penalties, and will perform a Child Health
Improvement Project which consists of the purchase of three leadcare
portable blood test analysis kits, valued at a total of $6,750, which
will be donated to three low-income health clinics in the District of
Columbia.
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 Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v.
Cornerstone Real Estate Management L.L.C. D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-06558/1.
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. 99-20743 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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