Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Clean Air Act

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

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

Furniture Industries, Inc., C.A. No. 4:99-CV-0044, was lodged on July

21, 1999, with the United States District Court for the Western

District of Virginia. The consent decree resolves violations of the

visible emission limit and the particulate mass emission regulation

provisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia's State Implementation Plan

(``State SIP''). The violations occurred at several Bassett facilities

located in

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Virginia. The subject provisions of the State Sip are federally-

enforceable pursuant to the Clean Air Act (``CAA'') and 40 CFR part 52.

Under the consent decree, Bassett agreed to and has implemented

remedial measures that have brought its facilities into compliance with

the CAA and the State SIP. These measures include, but are not limited

to, mailing specified repairs to boilers and installing new equipment

on boilers at several of its Virginia facilities. Bassett has also

agreed to perform two Supplemental Environmental Projects, which

include installation and operation of pollution reduction equipment at

several of its Virginia facilities and performance of a Pollution

Prevention Assessment at four of its Virginia facilities. Further,

Bassett has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $575,000.

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, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc., DOJ Reference No. 90-5-2-

1-2210.

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

United States Attorney, Suite One, Thomas B. Mason Building, 105

Franklin Road, SW, Roanoke, Virginia 24011-2305; the Region III Office

of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19103-2029; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the

proposed decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 2005. In

requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a

check in the amount of $15.25 (.25 cents per page production costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-20161 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]

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