[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10214]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Civil Action No. 96-C-366, has 
been lodged with the United States District Court of the Eastern 
District of Wisconsin on April 1, 1996.
    The Consent Decree resolves the claims alleged against defendant, 
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (``Leggett''), under the Clean Water Act 
(``Act''), 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. The proposed Consent Decree provides 
that Leggett shall not discharge certain process waste water to a 
publicly owned treatment works from two of its facilities in Grafton, 
Wisconsin, without 30 days prior notice. The proposed decree also 
provides that any such discharge shall be in compliance with applicable 
pretreatment standards, and that Leggett shall submit reports regarding 
its compliance with the Consent Decree. The proposed Consent Decree 
also provides for the payment by Leggett of a civil penalty of $450,000 
for its alleged failures to comply with federal pretreatment standards, 
as codified at 40 CFR Part 464, Subpart A, and with 40 CFR 403.12.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department Of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-1-1-5074.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 517 E. 
Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, at the Office of Regional 
Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 200 
West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 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 also be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-10214 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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