Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water

Act

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

hereby given that on July 15, 1994 a proposed Consent Decree in United

States of America v. Aerodynamic Plating Co., Inc., CV-94-4750-WDK(Ex),

was lodged with the United States District Court for the Central

District of California.

The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims

against Aerodynamic Plating Co., Inc., under Section 309 (b) and (d) of

the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d). The Complaint alleged

that Aerodynamic violated Section 307 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.

1317, by introducing pollutants into the County Sanitation District of

Los Angeles' publicly owned treatment works in violation of

pretreatment standards.

Under the proposed Consent Decree, Aerodynamic will install new

pretreatment equipment, modify existing pretreatment equipment, modify

operations, conduct training for both buildings, conduct additional

self-monitoring and reporting, pay a civil penalty of $7,500 within

three (3) years of entry in settlement of the United States' claims,

pay NRDC's attorneys' fees and costs of $17,500 within one (1) year of

entry, and pay the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project $10,000 within

two (2) years of entry in settlement of NRDC's claims. Aerodynamic is

subject to stipulated penalties for failures to comply with the terms

of the proposed Consent Decree.

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,

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States of America v. Aerodynamic Plating Co., Inc., DOJ Ref. No.

90-5-1-1-4104.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney for the Central District of California, Federal

Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012,

or at the Office of the Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection

Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94103. The

proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Environmental

Enforcement Section Document Center, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue Building,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 (Tel.: (202) 347-2072). A copy of the

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

Consent Decree Library, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Box 1097,

Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of Seven Dollars and

Seventy-five Cents ($7.75) (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

John C. Cruden,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-18147 Filed 7-25-94; 8:45 am]

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