Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Air Act

In accordance with Department policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on June 3, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. WACO International, Inc. Civil Action No. 1:94CV0713, was

lodged in the United States District Court for the Northern District of

Ohio. The Complaint, filed by the United States under the Clean Air

Act, as amended, alleged that WACO violated the volatile organic

compound (VOC) portion of the Ohio state implementation plan (SIP). The

Consent Decree requires WACO to pay a civil penalty of $75,000. The

Consent Decree also requires WACO to install a zero-VOC powder coating

operation by October 31, 1996. This supplemental environmental project

(SEP) is valued at $500,000.

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

days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed

Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department

of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C.

20044, and should refer to United States v. WACO International, Inc.,

D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-1872.

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

offices: (1) The United States Attorney for the Northern District of

Ohio, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, Ohio

44114-2600 (contact Assistant United States Attorney Arthur I. Harris);

(2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Assistant Regional

Counsel Susan Perdomo); and (3) 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 refer to the referenced case

and enclose a check in the amount of $3.25 (25 cents per page

reproduction charge) payable to Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-17433 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]

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