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

Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Chevron

U.S.A., Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 95-4737(WGB), was lodged on

September 18th, 1995 with the United States District Court for the

District of New Jersey. Defendant Chevron U.S.A., Inc. is the owner and

operator of an oil refinery in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Defendants PJS

Construction Company, Inc., Mayer Pollock Steel Corporation, and Falcon

Associates, Inc. are a mechanical construction contractor, a demolition

contractor, and asbestos removal contractor, respectively. In removing

asbestos-containing material from the Chevron oil refinery, defendants

violated the Asbestos NESHAP regulations under the Clean Air Act.

Under the terms of the proposed decree, defendants will pay the

United States a civil penalty in the sum of $155,000. Chevron U.S.A.,

Inc. further agrees to remain in compliance with the Clean Air Act.

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, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc. et al., D.J. reference #90-5-2-1-1738.

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

United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 970 Broad

Street, Room 501, Newark, New Jersey; the Region II Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway Avenue, New York, New

York; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 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, NW 4th Floor, Washington, DC. In requesting a

copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.75 (25 cents per page

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reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-26021 Filed 10-19-95; 8:45 am]

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