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

Notice is hereby given that on March 31, 1999, the United States

lodged a proposed consent decree with the United States District Court

for the Western District of Wisconsin, in United States v. Prairie Sand

& Gravel, Inc., Civil No. 98 C 0586 -S, under section 113(b) of the

Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b). The proposed consent decree resolves

certain claims of the United States against Prairie Sand & Gravel,

Inc., arising out of its grain transfer facility located at St. Feriole

Island in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Under the proposed Consent

Decree PS&G will pay the United States a $115,000 penalty as well as

perform injunctive relief.

The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following publication of this

Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of

Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-

7611, and should refer to United States v. Prairie Sand & Gravel, Inc.,

Civil No. 98 C 0586 -S, 90-5-2-1-2218. The proposed Consent Decree may

be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western

District of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; the Region V Office of the

United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent Decree Library,

1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, telephone number

(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained

in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please

enclose a check for reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the

amount of $6.50 for the Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 99-9167 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]

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