[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54254-54255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26021]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Chevron 
U.S.A., Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 95-4737(WGB), was lodged on 
September 18th, 1995 with the United States District Court for the 
District of New Jersey. Defendant Chevron U.S.A., Inc. is the owner and 
operator of an oil refinery in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Defendants PJS 
Construction Company, Inc., Mayer Pollock Steel Corporation, and Falcon 
Associates, Inc. are a mechanical construction contractor, a demolition 
contractor, and asbestos removal contractor, respectively. In removing 
asbestos-containing material from the Chevron oil refinery, defendants 
violated the Asbestos NESHAP regulations under the Clean Air Act.
    Under the terms of the proposed decree, defendants will pay the 
United States a civil penalty in the sum of $155,000. Chevron U.S.A., 
Inc. further agrees to remain in compliance with the Clean Air Act.
    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, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc. et al., D.J. reference #90-5-2-1-1738.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 970 Broad 
Street, Room 501, Newark, New Jersey; the Region II Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway Avenue, New York, New 
York; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 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, NW 4th Floor, Washington, DC. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.75 (25 cents per page 

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reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environment Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-26021 Filed 10-19-95; 8:45 am]
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