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 C.F.R. 50.7, and Section

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given

that on February 3, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v.

Aluminum Finishing Corporation, Civil Case No. IP95-1703-CD-M/S, was

lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District

of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. This consent decree represents a

settlement of claims against Aluminum Finishing Corporation (``AFC'')

for violations of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), and its

implementing regulations, the Indiana State Implementation Plan

(``SIP''). The complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties

for the AFC's operation of a metal parts and products coating operation

in Indianapolis, Indiana, at which it caused, allowed or permitted the

continued discharge of volatile organic compounds in excess of the

emission limitations set forth in the Indiana SIP, in continued

violation of the Clean Air Act and the Indiana SIP.

Under this settlement, AFC will pay the United States a civil

penalty of

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$50,000. In addition, the Consent Decree requires AFC to comply with

the Clean Air Act and, in particular, to install and operate a thermal

oxidizer to eliminate AFC's discharges of excess volatile organic

compounds. The consent decree also requires monitoring, reporting and

recordkeeping to ensure AFC will continue to comply and allow EPA to

monitor AFC's compliance.

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,

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

United States v. Aluminum Finishing Corporation, D.J. No. 90-5-2-1-

1913.

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

United States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis

Division, 46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana; at the Region 5

Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, Illinois; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. (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 $5.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent

Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-3827 Filed 2-14-97; 8:45 am]

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