[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33429-33430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15777]



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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 Partial Consent Decree in United States v. 
Consolidated Rail Corp. (``Conrail''), Civil Action No. 
[[Page 33430]] 94-1437 (E.D.Pa.), was lodged on June 20, 1995, with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 
The decree addresses Conrail's violations of Section 112 of the Clean 
Air Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7412, and certain provisions of the 
National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for asbestos 
(``Asbestos NESHAP'') which occurred at the Port Richmond Grain 
Elevator facility located at 2870 E. Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, 
PA. Conrail owns the Grain Elevator, which was being renovated during 
the time the violations occurred, in late 1992 and early 1993. 
Conrail's violations included failure to notify the City of 
Philadelphia or EPA of asbestos removal activities involved in the 
renovation, failure to wet adequately the asbestos that was being 
removed from the facility, and failure to assure that no visible 
emissions were released into the outdoor atmosphere.
    Under the proposed Partial Consent Decree, Conrail has agreed to 
pay a civil penalty of $800,000 to resolve its liability in the instant 
District Court action as well as its liabilities in an unrelated 
administrative asbestos NESHAP action involving another Conrail 
facility in Philadelphia.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Partial Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Consolidated Rail Corp., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-
1883.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, 13th Floor, Suite 1300, 
Philadelphia Life Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106; the 
Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut 
Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to 
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-15777 Filed 6-27-95; 8:45 am]
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