Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, please be

advised that a proposed Consent Decree was lodged on February 24, 1999,

in United States v. Crozer Chester Medical Center, et al., C.A. No. 97-

CV-4376, with the United States District Court for the Eastern District

of Pennsylvania. The Consent Decree resolves litigation brought by the

United States under Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.

7413(b), for alleged violations of the Pennsylvania State

Implementation Plan (``SIP''). At issue were emissions and operating

practices at a hospital waste incinerator (``HWI''). Defendants

voluntarily shut down the incinerator shortly before the lawsuit was

filed, and have since permanently closed the HWI.

Under the Consent Decree, Defendant Eastern Power Corporation (now

known as Statoil Energy Power, Inc.) will pay a civil penalty of

$250,000. Defendant Crozer Chester Medical Center (``Crozer'') will

perform a Supplemental Environmental Project (``SEP'') estimated to

cost $250,000. Under the SEP, Crozer will institute an asthma detection

program for first, sixth, and eleventh grade students in the Chester-

Uplands public school system. All students diagnosed as asthmatic will

be enrolled in an Asthma Management Program designed to increase

students' exercise capacity and reduce: time lost from school;

nocturnal asthma; emergency room visits; and effects from medications.

Any comments on the proposed Consent Decree should be addressed to

the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural

Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and

should refer to United States v. Crozer Chester Medical Center, et al.,

DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2110. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at

the office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of

Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Twelfth Floor, Philadelphia, PA

19106, and the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 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., 3rd Floor, Washington,

D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. The proposed Consent Decree contains 51

pages, including the attachment describing the SEP. To obtain the

Consent Decree, with the attachment, please enclose a check for $12.75.

Please make the check payable to the Consent Decree Library, and refer

to the case by its title and DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2110.

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

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