# Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** October 9, 1996
- **Citation:** 61 FR 52941

## Text

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5633-5]

Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed partial consent decree, which was lodged with the United
States District Court for the District of Columbia by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') on September 27, 1996, to
address two lawsuits filed by the Sierra Club. These lawsuits, which
were filed pursuant to section 304(a) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7604(a),
concern, among other things, EPA's alleged failure to meet mandatory
deadlines under sections 112(c)(3), (c)(6), (k)(3), and 202(l)(2) of
the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(c)(3), (c)(6), (k)(3), and 7521(l)(2), which
concern the emission of hazardous air pollutants from stationary and
mobile sources. The proposed partial consent decree provides that EPA
shall take certain actions under those provision in accordance with
specified schedules.
For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to
the proposed partial consent decree from person who were not named as
parties or intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA or the
Department of Justice may withhold or withdraw consent to the proposed
partial consent decree if the comments disclose facts or circumstances
that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate,
or inconsistent with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the
Department of Justice determine, following the comment period, that
consent is inappropriate, the final partial consent decree will
establish deadlines for specific regulatory actions under sections 112
(c)(3), (c)(6), (k)(3), and 202(l)(2) of the Act.
A copy of the proposed partial consent decree was lodged with the
Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
on September 27, 1996. Copies are also available from Phyllis Cochran,
Air and Radiation Division (2344), Office of General Counsel, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20460, (202) 260-7606. Written comments should be sent to Patrick S.
Chang at the address above and must be submitted on or before November
8, 1996.

Dated: October 3, 1996.
Scott C. Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-25890 Filed 10-8-96; 8:45 am]
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