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

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. Ford Motor Company (E.D. Mich.), Case No. 99-60670, entered

into by plaintiffs United States of America, Department of

Environmental Quality, State of Michigan, and Wayne County, Michigan

and defendant Ford Motor Company was lodged on November 17, 1999 with

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

The proposed Consent Decree resolves certain claims under Section

113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``the Act''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7413(b),

against the defendant with respect to VOC emissions from coating lines

at three of its facilities: the Michigan Truck Assembly Plant located

at 38303 Michigan Avenue, Wayne, Michigan; the Dearborn Assembly Plant

located at 3001 Miller Road, Dearborn, Michigan; and the Wayne Assembly

Plant located at 37625 Michigan Avenue, Wayne, Michigan. Under the

Consent Decree, Ford will pay a civil penalty of $1.1 million (to be

divided equally among the United States, Michigan, and Wayne County)

and will implement a supplemental environmental project that will

change its primer system at its Dearborn Assembly facility from a

solvent-based system to a waterborne primer system.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this

Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General

of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v.

Ford Motor Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-06026, -06026/2, -06026/3.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will also be taking

public comment and holding a public hearing, if requested, on Ford's

request for amendment to its State Permit to Install, No. 454-96a, for

the installation and operation of the waterborne primer supplemental

environmental project at the Dearborn Assembly facility as a pollution

control project, which proposed amended permit is attached as

Attachment D to the Consent Decree. The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern

District of Michigan, 211 W. Fort St., Suite 2300, Detroit, MI 48226-

3211 and the Region V Office of the United States Environmental

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A

copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by overnight mail

addressed to the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 13th

Floor, 1425 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005, or by regular

mail addressed to the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, PO

Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044.

In requesting a copy of the Consent Decree, please enclose a check

in the amount of $17.50 (25 cents per page for

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reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,

Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment

and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-31245 Filed 12-1-99; 8:45 am]

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