8364 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 30 / Wednesday, February 13, 2008 / Notices 

through signage, newspaper press 

releases, and website postings. 

This order is posted in accordance 

with 43 CFR 423.60. Violation of this 

prohibition or any prohibition listed in 

43 CFR part 423 is punishable by fine 

or imprisonment of not more than six 

months, or both. 

Dated: January 14, 2008. 

Robert Schroeder, 

Acting Area Manager, Central California Area 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 08–650 Filed 2–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Change of Use for the Waterway 

Between Smittle Creek Day Use Area, 

Oak Shores Day Use Area, and Big 

Island at Lake Berryessa, Napa, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of change in public use. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

Mid-Pacific Region, Central California 

Area Office will change public use of 

the Big Island area at Lake Berryessa, 

specifically the waterway between the 

Smittle Creek Day Use Area, the Oak 

Shores Day Use Area, and Big Island. 

Use will change from a gasolinepowered motorized zone to an electric 

trolling motor-only zone. 

DATES: The change of use will become 

effective February 1, 2008 and continue 

indefinitely. 

ADDRESSES: A map of the proposed 

change is available at Reclamation’s 

Lake Berryessa Visitor Center, located at 

5520 Knoxville Rd., Napa, California 

94558. The Visitor Center is open to the 

public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Wednesday through Sunday. The map is 

also on Lake Berryessa’s Web site at: 

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/ 

field_offices/lake_berryessa/docs/ 

map_resort.pdf. To have a map mailed 

to your address, fax your request to 707–

966–0409 or send your request to the 

above address, Attention: Big Island 

Change of Use Map Request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Region Public Affairs Office, at 916–

978–5100, or contact Janet Rogers, Park 

Manager, Lake Berryessa Recreation 

Resource Branch at 707–966–2111 or via 

e-mail at jlrogers@mp.usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action is being taken under 43 CFR part 

423 to protect safety and prevent 

additional resource degradation. 

Reclamation will change public use of 

the Big Island Area, located within a 

special use area between Smittle Creek 

and Oak Shores Day Use Area. This 

change in use is consistent with the 

Record of Decision (ROD) for Future 

Recreation Use and Operations of Lake 

Berryessa, issued in June of 2006, 

section III. 6, Land and Water Use 

Classification. This change will serve to 

reduce the impacts of noise on visitors 

and wildlife, provide the opportunity 

for a more primitive recreation 

experience, and enhance public safety, 

while helping to protect the natural 

resources in this area. 

Presently, this area is a 5 mph boating 

zone and is used for swimming, boating, 

both motorized and non-motorized, 

fishing, and wildlife viewing. 

Reclamation will designate the change 

of use area by placing a series of signs 

on buoys identifying the non-gasoline 

motorized zone. The public will be 

notified of the changes through signage, 

newspaper press releases, and Web site 

postings. 

This order is posted in accordance 

with 43 CFR 423.60. Violation of this 

prohibition or any prohibition listed in 

43 CFR part 423 is punishable by fine 

or imprisonment for not more than six 

months or both. 

Dated: January 25, 2008. 

Robert Schroeder, 

Acting Area Manager, Central California Area 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 08–649 Filed 2–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Residential Lead-Based 

Paint Hazard Reduction Act 

Notice is hereby given that on January 

28, 2008 a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. VIP Properties, LLC, 

George L. and Toni Dufour Living Trust, 

Edward Anderson d/b/a Edric 

Associates, 50th Penn, LLC, David C. 

Brown, Hillsboro Homes, LLC, Richard 

O. Hanousek, Victor Yalom, Bisanz 

Family Limited and Jersey Company, 

Civil Action No. 08–CV–246 (PJS/RLE) 

was lodged with the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Minnesota. 

The consent decree settles claims 

against the owners and management 

company of approximately 10 

residential properties containing 

approximately 292 units located in the 

area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, 

Minnesota. 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 defendant 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. They also 

have agreed to hire contractors to 

complete risk assessments and have 

agreed to abate all lead-based paint 

hazards identified in all of the 

residential properties managed by VIP. 

Defendants will pay a civil penalty of 

$7,500. In addition, Defendants have 

agreed to perform a child health 

improvement project (‘‘CHIP’’) designed 

to reduce incidences of childhood lead 

poisoning in the Twin Cities 

metropolitan area where Defendants’

housing properties are located at a cost 

of $50,000. Specifically, Defendants will 

work with the St. Paul Health 

Department and a not-for-profit 

community development organization 

to replace all of the windows in at least 

35 properties in very low income, 

owner-occupied homes with children 

under the age of 6 in the Thomasdale, 

Rice Street, and Lower East Side of St. 

Paul neighborhoods. 

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 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov 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. VIP 

Properties, et al., D.J. Ref. # 90–5–2–1–

09280. 

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 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. During the public comment 

period, the Consent Decree may also be 


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