[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-29034]


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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 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that on October 26, 1994, a Consent Decree in United 
States v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Inc., Civil Action No. 94-
5197 (WGB), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of New Jersey. The proposed Consent Decree requires the 
Defendant to pay a civil penalty of $230,000, and obligates the 
Defendant to provide reports to EPA detailing all asbestos demolition 
renovation projects in progress and to be undertaken within one year of 
entry of the Consent Decree at any of the Defendant's Gas Business Unit 
(``GBU'') facilities. In addition, the Defendant is required to perform 
an inspection for friable asbestos-containing materials at each GBU 
facility at which the Defendant intends to conduct demolition or 
renovation operations within one year of entry of the 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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
DC 20044, and should refer to United States v. Public Service Electric 
& Gas Co., Inc., D.J. 90-5-2-1-1866.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, Room 
501, Newark, New Jersey 07102; at the Region II Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 
10278; 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 can 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 of the Consent Decree, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $4.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the 
``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-29034 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]
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