Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Water

Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Civil Action No. 96-C-366, has

been lodged with the United States District Court of the Eastern

District of Wisconsin on April 1, 1996.

The Consent Decree resolves the claims alleged against defendant,

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (``Leggett''), under the Clean Water Act

(``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. The proposed Consent Decree provides

that Leggett shall not discharge certain process waste water to a

publicly owned treatment works from two of its facilities in Grafton,

Wisconsin, without 30 days prior notice. The proposed decree also

provides that any such discharge shall be in compliance with applicable

pretreatment standards, and that Leggett shall submit reports regarding

its compliance with the Consent Decree. The proposed Consent Decree

also provides for the payment by Leggett of a civil penalty of $450,000

for its alleged failures to comply with federal pretreatment standards,

as codified at 40 CFR Part 464, Subpart A, and with 40 CFR 403.12.

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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

U.S. Department Of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and

should refer to United States v. Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, D.J.

Ref. 90-5-1-1-5074.

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

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 517 E.

Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, at the Office of Regional

Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 200

West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 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 also be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a

copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-10214 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]

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