[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23852]



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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 a proposed consent decree in United States v. Jewelry 
Design Center, Civil No. 94-4253-AAH (C.C. Cal.), was lodged on 
September 12, 1995 with the United States District Court for the 
Central District of California. In the complaint in that action, the 
United States seeks from defendant Jewelry Design Center (``JDC'') 
civil penalties and injunctive relief under Section 309) of the Clean 
Water Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 1319, for JDC's failure to comply 
with federal and local pretreatment standards promulgated under the 
Act. JDC violated the pretreatment standards governing metal finishers.
    The proposed consent decree requires JDC to pay a civil penalty of 
$176,000, which will be split with co-plaintiff, the city of Los 
Angeles. JDC has installed the necessary equipment to treat its 
wastewater discharges.
    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, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044; and 
refer to United States v. Jewelry Design Center, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-
5075.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Central District of California, Room 7516 
Federal Building, 300 N. Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012; at the 
Region IX office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; 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 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 $2.75 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-23852 Filed 9-25-95; 8:45 am]
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