[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 93 (Monday, May 16, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11809]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States versus 
Fiji Sugar Corporation, Ltd., et al., Civil Action No. 94-00305-DAE, 
was lodged on April 25, 1994, with the United States District Court for 
the District of Hawaii. The settling defendants are Fiji Sugar 
Corporation, Ltd., Industrial Iron Works Corporation, and Russell C. 
McGarry, d.b.a. R & D Hawaii. The Complaint in this action, brought 
under section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), alleged 
that the defendants committed violations of the asbestos NESHAP 
notification and work practice requirements of 40 CFR part 61, Subpart 
M, during the removal of a boiler at Hamakua Sugar Company's Ookala 
Sugar Mill in Ookala, Hawaii.
    The proposed consent decree requires the settling defendants to pay 
a civil penalty of $120,000; to inspect and sample facilities to 
identify asbestos before commencing a renovation or demolition 
operation; and, when hiring workers for asbestos-related projects, to 
employ only persons who have successfully completed an EPA-approved 
training course.
    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, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States versus Fiji Sugar Corporation, Ltd., et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-
1524.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Hawaii, room C-242, U.S. 
Courthouse, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, Hawaii; the Region IX Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 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 $3.75 (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. 94-11809 Filed 5-13-94; 8:45 am]
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