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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice

is hereby given that on October 26, 1994, a Consent Decree in United

States v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Inc., Civil Action No. 94-

5197 (WGB), was lodged with the United States District Court for the

District of New Jersey. The proposed Consent Decree requires the

Defendant to pay a civil penalty of $230,000, and obligates the

Defendant to provide reports to EPA detailing all asbestos demolition

renovation projects in progress and to be undertaken within one year of

entry of the Consent Decree at any of the Defendant's Gas Business Unit

(``GBU'') facilities. In addition, the Defendant is required to perform

an inspection for friable asbestos-containing materials at each GBU

facility at which the Defendant intends to conduct demolition or

renovation operations within one year of entry of the 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 of the 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. Public Service Electric

& Gas Co., Inc., D.J. 90-5-2-1-1866.

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

United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, Room

501, Newark, New Jersey 07102; at the Region II Office of the

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

10278; 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 can be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In

requesting a copy of the Consent Decree, please enclose a check in the

amount of $4.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the

``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-29034 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]

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