# Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-12566 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** May 14, 1997 - **Citation:** 62 FR 26568 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, please be advised that a proposed Consent Decree was lodged on March 12, 1997, in United States v. Camden Iron & Metal, Inc., and S.P.C. Corporation, C.A. No. 96-2972, with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (``District Court''). The proposed consent decree addresses alleged violations of the National Recycling and Emission Reduction Program, which is found in Section 608 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7671g, and the regulations promulgated thereunder at 40 C.F.R. part 82, subpart F. The alleged violations took place at the defendants' scrap metal recycling facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A complaint filed in May of 1996 alleged that the defendants violated the Clean Air Act's National Recycling and Emission Reduction Program by failing to either (a) Evacuate all chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)- containing refrigerants from appliances prior to disposal, or (b) verify that the suppliers of the appliances had properly evacuated the CFC refrigerant prior to sending the appliances to the facility. The Complaint also alleged that the defendants violated Section 114 of the Clean Air Act by failing to provide timely and complete responses to information requests made by EPA. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendants will pay a penalty of $125,000, and will spend $375,000 on a supplemental environmental project (SEP). The SEP requires the defendants to work with municipalities in the Philadelphia metropolitan area to establish programs to recover CFC refrigerant from discarded and abandoned appliances, such as refrigerators and air conditioning units. Comments regarding this settlement 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 United States v. Camden Iron & Metal, Inc. and S.P.C. Corp., DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1-2028. The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, 13th Floor, Suite 1300, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 and the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. A copy of the proposed consent decree [[Page 26569]] may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. The proposed decree contains 40 pages, without attachments. The attachments constitute an additional 109 pages. To obtain a copy of the decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs). Please make the check payable to the Consent Decree Library, and refer to the case by its title and DOJ Ref. # 90-5- 2-1-2028. Walker B. Smith, Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 97-12566 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-15-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-12566. Public record. Not legal advice.