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

Notice is hereby given that on June 6, 1997, a proposed Consent

Decree in United States v. M & O Environmental Company, et al., Civil

No. 1:96-CV-1786, was lodged with the United States District Court for

the Northern District of Illinois. This Consent Decree resolves claims

against two parties, Luse Asbestos Removal Company (``Luse'') and

Carnow Conibear & Associates Ltd (``Carnow''), for violations of

Sections 112 and 114 of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C.

Secs. 7412 and 7414, and various work practice standards and notice

requirements promulgated as part of the National Emission Standard for

Hazardous Air Pollutants for asbestos (``asbestos NESHAP'').

The Consent Decree requires Luse and Carnow to comply with the

asbestos NESHAP and the Act of each demolition and/or renovation

operation that is owned, leased, operated, controlled or supervised by

Luse or Carnow and to pay collectively $70,000 in civil penalties.

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

days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent

Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General

of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer in United States v. M

& O Environmental Company, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-1885.

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

States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, Everett McKinley

Dirksen Building, Fifth Floor, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60604, at the Region V Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois, 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 be obtained

in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please

enclose a check in the amount of $26.75 (25 cents per page reproduction

cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-16433 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]

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