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, 38 FR 19029,

notice is hereby given that on August 19, 1994, a proposed Consent

Decree in United States v. Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, Civil

Action No. 94-444-M was lodged with the United States District Court

for the District of New Hampshire resolving the matters alleged in a

complaint filed simultaneously with the Consent Decree. The proposed

Consent Decree concerns violations by Freudenberg-NOK of the Clean

Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., at Freudenberg-NOK's

facility in Bristol, New Hampshire. The CWA violations alleged in the

complaint include discharges of pollutants in excess of federal

Categorical Pretreatment Standards and National Prohibited Discharge

Standards, and failure to comply with federal reporting requirements.

Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendant will pay a

civil penalty of $550,000 to the United States. In addition,

Freudenberg-NOK will be required to comply with federal pretreatment

standards as well as to comply with monitoring, sampling, and reporting

requirements.

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, U.S.

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

States v. Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-5048.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region I Office

of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston,

Massachusetts, and at the office of the United States Attorney,

District of New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire,

c/o Gretchen L. Witt, Assistant U.S. Attorney. Copies of the Consent

Decree may also be examined 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. In requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost) made payable to Consent Decree Library.

John C. Cruden,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-21617 Filed 8-31-94; 8:45 am]

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