[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26249]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority and Pressure Vessel 
Services, Inc., Civil Action No. 1989-337, was lodged on October 17, 
1995 with the United States District Court for the District of the 
Virgin Islands.
    The complaint in this action was filed on December 8, 1989 against 
the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (``VIWAPA'') and Pressure 
Vessel Services, Inc. (``PV''), pursuant to Section 113(b) of the Clean 
Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b). The complaint sought penalties 
and injunctive relief for violations of Section 112(c) of the Act, 42 
U.S.C. 7412(c), and of the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants for asbestos, 40 CFR part 61, subpart M (``Asbestos 
NESHAP''). The complaint alleged that violations of the Asbestos NESHAP 
occurred in connection with a demolition project at VIWAPA's 
desalinization plant (``D-plant'') on the Island of St. Thomas, within 
the District of the Virgin Islands, that took place in August, 1988. PV 
performed this demolition work for VIWAPA.
    The proposed consent decree embodies an agreement by VIWAPA to pay 
a civil penalty in the amount of $35,000. In addition, VIWAPA has 
agreed to implement certain measures to reduce the likelihood of future 
violations of the Asbestos NESHAP.
    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. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-
1341.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region II Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New 
York, at the United States Attorney's Office located at the Federal 
Building and U.S. Courthouse, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin 
Islands, 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 $3.50 payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 95-26249 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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