[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2361-2362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-899]


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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 December 30, 2002, a proposed 
consent decree in United States v. Joseph DeLuca, Civil Action No. 
CA02-546T, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Rhode Island.
    The consent decree settles claims against Joseph DeLuca as owner of 
twelve residential apartment buildings in Providence, Rhode Island, 
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. 4851 et 
seq. (``Lead Hazard Reduction Act''). The United States alleged in its 
complaint that the 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, the defendant has 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 an administrative penalty 
in the amount of $13,090.00. The defendant owns 12 buildings with 32 
residential units.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the

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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, 
Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. Joseph 
DeLuca, D.J.  90-5-1-1-07649.
    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 District of Rhode Island, 50 Kennedy Plaza, 8th 
Floor, Providence, Rhode Island 02903; and at U.S. EPA Region 1, One 
Congress Street, Boston, MA 02114. 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, or by faxing 
a request to Tonia Fleetwood, 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 $7.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Karen Dworkin,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-899 Filed 1-15-03; 8:45 am]
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