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 a proposed consent decree in United States v. Dext

Company of Maryland, C.A. No. WN92-1884 (D.Md.) was lodged on November

23, 1994, with the United States District Court for the District of

Maryland. The consent decree addresses alleged violations of Section

113 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9413, which occurred at the

Dext Company of Maryland (``Dext'') plant in Baltimore, Maryland.

Specifically, Dext allegedly violated the Maryland State Implementation

Plan (``SIP'') because it emitted particulate matter into the ambient

air and failed to reduce sufficiently emissions from its plant of

volatile organic compounds. In settlement of the alleged violations,

Dext has agreed to install a wet scrubbing system at the plant and to

pay a civil penalty of $100,000.

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,

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

United States v. Dext Company of Maryland, DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1-1701.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 101 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland

21201-2692; the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and at

the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may

be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120

G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy

please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount

of $12.00 (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. 94-29872 Filed 12-5-94; 8:45 am]

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