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 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. General

Motors Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:95-CV-02215, was lodged on

November 30, 1995, with the United States District Court for the

District of Columbia. The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims

against General Motors Corporation for injunctive relief and civil

penalties under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. (the

``Act''), arising from the sale of approximately 470,000 model year

1991-1995 Cadillac vehicles, certain model year 1991-1995 light duty

vehicles, and certain model year 1989-1996 heavy-duty gasoline engines

(collectively, the ``covered vehicles and engines'') in violation of

the Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to the

emission of pollutants from mobile sources.

The proposed Consent Decree requires that General Motors

Corporation: Implement a remedial recall campaign to reduce emissions

associated with the climate-control system fuel-enrichment strategy

employed on the Cadillacs that are the subject of the government's

claims; establish a fund of up to $8.75 million to implement one or

more emission remedial projects and an emission test program to remedy

the past and future emission of air pollutants from the covered

vehicles and engines; conduct tests of future model years of the

covered vehicles and engines to assess the affects of accessory- and

timer-based enrichment strategies; and pay a civil penalty of $11

million to resolve the United States' civil claims with respect to the

vehicles and engines covered by the Consent Decree.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication,

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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. General Motors Corporation,

DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2011 and 2011A.

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

United States Attorney, Judiciary Center Bldg., 555 Fourth St. NW.,

Washington, DC 20001; at the Environmental Protection Agency Library,

Reference Desk, Room 2904, 401 M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460; 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 $18.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 95-30055 Filed 12-8-95; 8:45 am]

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