# Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Air Act

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** July 3, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 36080

## Text

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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