Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Air Act: Request for Public Comment

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Air Act: Request for

Public Comment

Notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in Louisiana

Environmental Action Network v. Babbitt, Civil No. 94-0895 (E.D. La.)

was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Louisiana on September 29, 1994.

The case involves the Louisiana Environmental Action Network's

claim that the Department of the Interior had failed to comply with the

statutory deadline for completion of a research study described under

section 328(b) of the Clean Air Act, as amended by the Clean Air

Amendment of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-549, 104 Stat. 2399 (codified at 42

U.S.C. 7627(b). The proposed Consent Decree would require completion of

the research study by August 1, 1995.

The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to

the proposed Consent Decree for a period of 30 days from the date of

publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to Ms.

Kathleen Roberts, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Defense

Section, P.O. Box 23986, Washington, D.C. 20026-3986 and should refer

to Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. Babbitt, Civil No. 94-0895

(E.D. La.).

The Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, United

States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 500 Camp

Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130.

Alternatively, a copy of the Decree is available on request from

Ms. Kathleen Roberts at (202) 514-3924.

Dated: October 7, 1994.

Lois J. Schiffer,

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 94-25417 Filed 10-13-94; 8:45 am]

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