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 28 CFR 50.7, the Department of Justice gives

notice that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Chemetco,

Inc., Civ. No. 93-482-WDS (S.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United

States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on October

18, 1999, pertaining to the Chemetco's secondary cooper smelting

facility, located in Hartford, Illinois. The proposed consent decree

would resolve the United States' civil claims against Chemetco brought

under the Clear Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7671q.

Under the proposed consent decree, Chemetco will pay a civil

penalty of $305,267 and undertake a number of injunctive measures at

the Facility, including installation of a Continuous Particulate Mass

Monitor System.

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 pertaining to the proposed consent decree should refer to

United States v. Chemetco, Inc., Civ. No. 93-482-WDS (S.D. Ill.), and

DOJ Reference No. 90-5-2-1-1845.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of

the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 9

Executive Drive, Suite 300, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, (618)

628-3700; and (2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency

(Region 5), 77 West Jackson

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Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Jeffery Trevino (312-

886-6729)). A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained

by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box

7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and DOJ Reference Number and enclose a check in the

amount of $10.25 for the consent decree only (41 pages at 25 cents per

page reproduction costs), or $17.50 for the consent decree and its

appendices (70 pages), made payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-28558 Filed 11-1-99; 8:45 am]

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