Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7

Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in Illinois

Public Interest Research Group, et al., and United States of America v.

115th Street Corporation, Civil Action No. 92-C-5564, was lodged on

November 9, 1995 with the United States District Court for the Northern

District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The proposed consent decree

resolves the plaintiffs' claims against 115th Street Corporation for

violations of pretreatment standards enforceable under the Clean Water

Act at its organic chemicals manufacturing facility located in Chicago,

Illinois.

In the proposed settlement 115th Street Corporation agrees to:

Achieve full compliance with the pretreatment requirements of the Act

by not later than August 19, 1996; pay a civil penalty of $1,645,000;

and refrain from chemical synthesis of pigments at its Chicago facility

until three years after termination of the decree unless it satisfies

the specific technical requirements contained in the proposed 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

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

Illinois Public Interest Research Group, et al., and United States of

America v. 115th Street Corporation, DOJ Ref #90-5-1-1-5004.

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

United States Attorney, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois

60604; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; 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

$18.75 (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. 95-29492 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]

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