[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23788]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5610-2]


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 August 23, 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 608(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act. The proposed 
partial consent decree provides that EPA shall take certain regulatory 
actions under section 608(a)(2) in accordance with specified schedules.
    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 
deadlines for specific regulatory actions under Sec. 608(a)(2) of the 
CAA.
    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 August 23, 1996. Copies are also available from Jacquie Jordan, 
Cross-Cutting Issues Division (2322), Office of General Counsel, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20460, (202) 260-7622. Written comments should be sent to Jan M. 
Tierney at the address above and must be submitted on or before October 
17, 1996.

    Dated: August 30, 1996.
Scott Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-23788 Filed 9-16-96; 8:45 am]
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