[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 169 (Thursday, September 1, 1994)]
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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, 38 FR 19029, 
notice is hereby given that on August 19, 1994, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, Civil 
Action No. 94-444-M was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of New Hampshire resolving the matters alleged in a 
complaint filed simultaneously with the Consent Decree. The proposed 
Consent Decree concerns violations by Freudenberg-NOK of the Clean 
Water Act (``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., at Freudenberg-NOK's 
facility in Bristol, New Hampshire. 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 $550,000 to the United States. In addition, 
Freudenberg-NOK will be required to comply with federal pretreatment 
standards as well as to 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. Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-5048.
    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 New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire, 
c/o Gretchen L. Witt, Assistant U.S. Attorney. Copies of the Consent 
Decree may also be examined 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. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) made payable to Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-21617 Filed 8-31-94; 8:45 am]
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