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 a proposed consent decree in United States v. Jewelry

Design Center, Civil No. 94-4253-AAH (C.C. Cal.), was lodged on

September 12, 1995 with the United States District Court for the

Central District of California. In the complaint in that action, the

United States seeks from defendant Jewelry Design Center (``JDC'')

civil penalties and injunctive relief under Section 309) of the Clean

Water Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 1319, for JDC's failure to comply

with federal and local pretreatment standards promulgated under the

Act. JDC violated the pretreatment standards governing metal finishers.

The proposed consent decree requires JDC to pay a civil penalty of

$176,000, which will be split with co-plaintiff, the city of Los

Angeles. JDC has installed the necessary equipment to treat its

wastewater discharges.

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, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044; and

refer to United States v. Jewelry Design Center, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-

5075.

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

United States Attorney, Central District of California, Room 7516

Federal Building, 300 N. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012; at the

Region IX office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; 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 may 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 please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $2.75 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-23852 Filed 9-25-95; 8:45 am]

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