[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
notice is hereby given that on March 7, 1994, a proposed Consent Decree 
in United States v. L.S. Starrett Co., Civil Action No. 94-40034-XX, 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of 
Massachusetts resolving the matters alleged in a complaint filed 
simultaneously with the Consent Decree. The proposed Consent Decree 
concerns violations by Starrett of the Clean Water Act (``CWA''), 33 
U.S.C. 1251, et seq., at Starrett's metal finishing facility in Athol, 
Massachusetts. The CWA violations alleged in the complaint include 
discharges of pollutants in excess of federal Categorical Pretreatment 
Standards and National Prohibited Discharge Standards, and failure to 
comply with federal reporting requirements.
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendant will pay a 
civil penalty of $325,000 to the United States. In addition, Starrett 
will be required to comply with federal pretreatment standards and the 
National Prohibited Discharge Standard for pH, as well as comply with 
monitoring, sampling, and reporting requirements.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. L.S. Starrett Co., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-4029.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region I Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts, and at the office of the United States Attorney, 
District of Massachusetts, 1003 J.W. McCormack P.O. & Courthouse, 
Boston, MA 02109, c/o George B. Henderson, II, Assistant U.S. Attorney. 
Copies of the Consent Decree may also be examined at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1220 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a 
copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the 
amount of $17.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost for the Consent 
Decree excluding Appendices) made payable to Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-7586 Filed 3-30-94; 8:45 am]
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