[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54518-54519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26250]



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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 Superseding Consent Decree in United 
States v. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, Civil Action No. 
83-85, 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 in March, 1983 against the 
Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (``VIWAPA'') pursuant to 
Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) 
for penalties and injunctive relief for violations of the Act and the 
provisions of Air Quality Implementation Plan for the United States 
Virgin Islands (the ``SIP'') established pursuant to Section 110 of the 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7410. The complaint alleged, inter alia, that VIWAPA 
violated the Act by failing to comply with the Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (``PSD'') regulations set 
forth in 40 C.F.R. 52.21, with respect to its installation and 
subsequent operation of two gas turbines, one located on St. Thomas and 
one located on St. Croix. In April, 1983, 

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the Court entered a Final Judgment (On Consent) in the action which set 
forth a compliance schedule for PSD applicability requests and PSD 
permit applications in the event EPA determined the two gas turbines 
were subject to PSD review.
    In 1992, the Court entered into an Amendment to the Final Judgment 
(On Consent) (``Amendment''). The Amendment established revised 
compliance schedules for permit applications and fuel burning 
requirements to be imposed upon VIWAPA to bring VIWAPA's two gas 
turbines into compliance with the PSD regulations.
    The proposed Superseding Consent Decree embodies an agreement by 
VIWAPA to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $50,000 within 20 days 
of entry of the Decree and place $100,000 into an escrow account within 
15 days of lodging of the Decree. The $100,000, plus accrued interest, 
will become payable to the United States upon specified violations set 
forth in the Decree. If no such violation(s) occur before the 
expiration of the Decree, the $100,000, plus accrued interest, will be 
returned to VIWAPA. In addition, VIWAPA has agreed to obtain and comply 
with PSD permits for two of its gas turbines on St. Thomas and two of 
its gas turbines on St. Croix and undertake a maintenance program to 
ensure continued compliance with these permits.
    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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, DOJ Ref. # 
90-5-2-1-568A.
    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, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 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 $5.25 payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 95-26250 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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