[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-8960]


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[Federal Register: April 14, 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, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Beech 
Aircraft Corporation, Civil Action No. 94-1121-FGT, was lodged on March 
31, 1994 with the United States District Court for the District of 
Kansas. The consent decree resolves claims against Beech Aircraft 
Corporation arising out of Beech's failure to timely comply with 
sections 301 and 307 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1317, 
and the Categorical Pretreatment Standards for Electroplating and Metal 
Finishing, 40 CFR parts 413 and 433.
    In settlement of this matter, Beech has agreed to pay a civil 
penalty of $521,000. In addition, Beech will perform a supplemental 
environmental project which will reduce the total volume and toxicity 
of sludge introduced into the pretreatment system. This project is 
valued at over $250,000.
    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 for the Environment and natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Beech Aircraft Corporation, DOJ Reference No. 90-5-1-1-3314.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 401 N. Market Street, Wichita, Kansas 67202; 
the Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 726 
Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66101; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 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, 1120 G Street, NW., 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to 
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $2.50 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-8960 Filed 4-13-94; 8:45 am]
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