Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Air Act

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

given that on May 18, 1994 a proposed Consent Decree in United States

v. Stern Enterprises, Inc., et al., Civil No. 1:92CV1488, was lodged in

the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The

Complaint filed by the United States alleged violations of the Clean

Air Act and the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants (NESHAP) for Asbestos, 40 CFR part 61, subpart M. The

Consent Decree requires the defendants to pay a total civil penalty of

$205,000 in full settlement of the claims set forth in the Complaint

filed by the United States. The Consent Decree also requires the

defendants to comply with the asbestos NESHAP and to complete all

asbestos removal and demolition at the facility that is the subject of

the Complaint by September 30, 1944.

The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed

Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, and

should refer to United States v. Stern Enterprises, Inc., et al., D.J.

Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-1595.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following

offices: (1) The United States Attorney for the Northern District of

Ohio, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Avenue, East, Cleaveland, Ohio

44114-2600 (contact Assistant United States Attorney Arthur I. Harris);

(2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Assistant Regional

Counsel Susan Perdomo); and (3) the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC (20005), (202) 624-0892. Copies

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 20005. For a copy of the Consent Decree, please enclose

a check in the amount of $3.00 (25 cents per page reproduction charge)

payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''

John C. Cruden,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-13427 Filed 6-1-94; 8:45 am]

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