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

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

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Price/

Costco, Inc., Civil Action No. C96-1965Z, was lodged on December 16,

1996, with the United States District Court for the Western District of

Washington. The consent decree settles claims brought under Sections

113 and 608 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413 & 7671(g). The

complaint alleged that Price/Costco sold canisters of freon to buyers

who were not certified to handle ozone depleting substances in

violation of 40 CFR Sec. 82.154(m). Under the proposed consent decree,

Price/Costco will pay a civil penalty of $232,500 and institute a set

of procedures at its check-out counters assuring that buyers of freon

canisters are certified to handle ozone depleting substances within the

meaning of 40 CFR Sec. 82.154(m).

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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Price/Costco, DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2050.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3600, Washington 98104;

the Region 10 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth

Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101; and at the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892.

A copy of either 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 of either decree

please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount

of $3.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-2036 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]

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