Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Water

Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. The Glidden Company, Civil Action No. 3:96CV7198, has been

lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District

of Ohio on November 17, 1997.

The Consent Decree resolves the claims alleged against defendant,

The Glidden Company (``Glidden''), under the Clean Water Act (``Act''),

33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq. The proposed Consent Decree provides that

Glidden shall discharge process wastewaters from its facility at 300

Sprowl Road, Huron, OH, to the Erie County Sanitary Sewer System, and

shall comply with the applicable National Pollutant Discharge

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Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit and with standards contained in

the Consent Decree. The proposed decree also provides that Glidden

shall perform a compliance program for the facility, and submit reports

regarding its compliance with the Consent Decree. The proposed Consent

Decree also provides for the payment by Glidden of a civil penalty of

$1,555,000 for its alleged failures to comply with its NPDES permit and

with an EPA Administrative Order.

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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and

should refer to United States v. The Glidden Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-

1-5062.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Four Seagate,

Third Floor, Toledo, OH 43604-2624, at the Office of Regional Counsel,

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 77 West

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, and at the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-

0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a

copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.50 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-31198 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]

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