Lodging of Partial Consent Decrees Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Partial Consent Decrees Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed partial consent decree in United States v.

New York City Board of Education, et al., Civil Action No. 89-0856, was

lodged on April 14, 1994 with the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of New York. Defendant New York City Board of

Education (New York) owns and operates schools in the New York City

metropolitan area. New York contracted with Defendants Hollywood

Commercial Renewals, Inc. (Hollywood) and A. Grgas Contracting, Inc.

(Grgas) to undertake renovation activities at schools in New York City.

Hollywood and Grgas engaged in these renovation activities but neither

they nor New York notified the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of

these activities, in violation of the Clean Air Act (Act) and the

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS) for

asbestos. Under the terms of the proposed partial consent decree,

Hollywood and Grgas will pay civil penalties in the amounts of $3,500

and $1,500, respectively and agree to be enjoined from further

violations of the Act and the NESHAPS.

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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. New York City Board of Education, et al., D.J. reference #90-

5-2-1-1300.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, One

Pierrepont Plaza, 11th floor, Brooklyn, New York; the Region II Office

of the Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New

York; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th floor,

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent

decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th floor, Washington, DC. In requesting a

copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.25 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

John C. Cruden,

Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-10182 Filed 4-26-94; 8:45 am]

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