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 November 25, 1997, a proposed

Consent Decree in United States versus 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 M & O Environmental Company, Inc. (``M & O''),

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 M & O (1) pay $100,000 in civil

penalties; (2) maintain compliance with the asbestos NESHAP and the

Act; (3) report to EPA on a monthly basis the status of all asbestos

abatement work undertaken by M & O in the previous month, and (4)

implement certain managerial and operational measurements to ensure M &

O's continuous compliance with the asbestos NESHAP and the Act.

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

versus 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

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per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-32905 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]

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