Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree; H.S. Fishing Products Corp.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree; H.S. Fishing Products Corp.

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on March 18, 1996, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. H.S. Finishing Products Corporation, CV-94-5603 (JS),

was lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of New York. The proposed Consent Decree settles the United

States' claims that the defendant had violated provisions of the Clean

Air Act. The defendant operates a surface coating facility in Brooklyn,

New York.

Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendant will pay a

$50,000 civil penalty. The defendant will also be required to use only

coating materials which, by formulation, are capable of complying with

the requirements of the federally-enforceable State Implementation Plan

(``SIP'') for the State of New York. Specifically, the defendant will

comply with the New York SIP requirements limiting volatile organic

compound emissions into the atmosphere from surface coating processes

and which were alleged in the complaint to have been violated.

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, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to

United States v. H.S. Finishing Products Corporation, D.O.J. Ref. 90-5-

2-1-1912.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following

locations: the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern

District of New York, 1 Pierrepont Plaza, Brooklyn, New York 11201; the

Region II Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,

290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007; and at the Environmental

Enforcement Section Document Center, 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 Environmental

Enforcement Section Document Center, 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 $6.25 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost) made payable to Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-8049 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]

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