[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 26, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-18147]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on July 15, 1994 a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States of America v. Aerodynamic Plating Co., Inc., CV-94-4750-WDK(Ex), 
was lodged with the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims 
against Aerodynamic Plating Co., Inc., under Section 309 (b) and (d) of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and (d). The Complaint alleged 
that Aerodynamic violated Section 307 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1317, by introducing pollutants into the County Sanitation District of 
Los Angeles' publicly owned treatment works in violation of 
pretreatment standards.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Aerodynamic will install new 
pretreatment equipment, modify existing pretreatment equipment, modify 
operations, conduct training for both buildings, conduct additional 
self-monitoring and reporting, pay a civil penalty of $7,500 within 
three (3) years of entry in settlement of the United States' claims, 
pay NRDC's attorneys' fees and costs of $17,500 within one (1) year of 
entry, and pay the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project $10,000 within 
two (2) years of entry in settlement of NRDC's claims. Aerodynamic is 
subject to stipulated penalties for failures to comply with the terms 
of the proposed Consent Decree.
    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, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States of America v. Aerodynamic Plating Co., Inc., DOJ Ref. No. 
90-5-1-1-4104.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Central District of California, Federal 
Building, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012, 
or at the Office of the Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94103. The 
proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Environmental 
Enforcement Section Document Center, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue Building, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 (Tel.: (202) 347-2072). A copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Box 1097, 
Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of Seven Dollars and 
Seventy-five Cents ($7.75) (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. 94-18147 Filed 7-25-94; 8:45 am]
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