Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

On October 23, 1998, the United States lodged a proposed consent

decree in the case of United States v. Guam Power Authority, Civil

Action No. 97-00030 (D. Guam), with the United States District Court

for the Territory of Guam.

The proposed consent decree resolves claims that the United States

asserted against Guam Power Authority (``GPA'') in a civil complaint

filed on April 29, 1997. The filed complaint alleges that GPA failed to

burn low-sulfur fuel-oil at its Cabras-Piti area electricity generating

plants when required, submitted late reports to EPA, and violated other

monitoring and reporting requirements contained in a waiver that EPA

issued to GPA under section 325 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7425-1.

The proposed Consent Decree requires GPA to comply with the waiver

requirements, to pay a civil penalty of $170,000, and to spend at least

$800,000 on a Supplemental Environmental Project that will automate

GPA's fuel-switching operations and reduce sulfur emissions from GPA's

Cabrias-Piti plants.

The Department of Justice will accept comments relating to this

Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this

publication. See 28 C.F.R. 50.7. Address your comments to the Assistant

Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and send a copy to

Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 301

Howard Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105. Your comments should

refer to U.S. v. Guam Power Authority, Civil No. 97-00030 (D. Guam),

and DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2060.

You may examine the proposed consent decree at the office of the

United States Attorney, Territory of Guam, Suite 502-A, Pacific News

Bldg., 238 Archbishop Flores Street, Agana,

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Guam 96910; or at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. You may also obtain a copy of the

consent decree in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library.

Your request for a copy of the consent decree in U.S. v. Guam Power

Authority should refer to that case title, Civil No. 97-00030 (D.

Guam), and DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2060, and must include a check for $5.75

(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``Consent Decree

Library.''

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-30419 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]

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