[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 26176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13086]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL 5508-7]


Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as 
amended, (``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed partial 
consent decree, which was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the District of Columbia by the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA'') on May 9, 1996, in a lawsuit filed by the 
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. This lawsuit, which was filed pursuant 
to section 304(a) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7604(a), concerns, among 
other things, EPA's alleged failure to meet a mandatory deadline under 
section 112(g) of the Clean Air Act. The proposed partial consent 
decree provides that EPA shall promulgate the guidance identified in 
section 112(g) of the CAA, with respect to constructions and 
reconstructions of major sources of hazardous air pollutants, no later 
than December 15, 1996.
    For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication 
of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to 
the proposed partial consent decree from persons who were not named as 
parties to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of Justice 
may withhold or withdraw consent to the proposed partial consent decree 
if the comments disclose facts or circumstances that indicate that such 
consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with 
the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the Department of Justice 
determines, following the comment period, that consent is 
inappropriate, the final partial consent decree will establish a 
deadline for the promulgation of the guidance provided for in 
Sec. 112(g).
    A copy of the proposed partial consent decree was lodged with the 
Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
on May 9, 1996. Copies are also available from Sonja Lee, Air and 
Radiation Division (2344), Office of General Counsel, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20460, (703) 235-5330. Written comments should be sent to Jan M. 
Tierney at the address above and must be submitted on or before June 
24, 1996.

    Dated: May 10, 1996.
Scott C. Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-13086 Filed 5-23-96; 8:45 am]
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