[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 52941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25890]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5633-5]


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''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), 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 September 27, 1996, to 
address two lawsuits filed by the Sierra Club. These lawsuits, which 
were filed pursuant to section 304(a) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7604(a), 
concern, among other things, EPA's alleged failure to meet mandatory 
deadlines under sections 112(c)(3), (c)(6), (k)(3), and 202(l)(2) of 
the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(c)(3), (c)(6), (k)(3), and 7521(l)(2), which 
concern the emission of hazardous air pollutants from stationary and 
mobile sources. The proposed partial consent decree provides that EPA 
shall take certain actions under those provision 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 person who were not named as 
parties or intervenors 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 determine, following the comment period, that 
consent is inappropriate, the final partial consent decree will 
establish deadlines for specific regulatory actions under sections 112 
(c)(3), (c)(6), (k)(3), and 202(l)(2) of the Act.
    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 September 27, 1996. Copies are also available from Phyllis Cochran, 
Air and Radiation Division (2344), Office of General Counsel, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20460, (202) 260-7606. Written comments should be sent to Patrick S. 
Chang at the address above and must be submitted on or before November 
8, 1996.

    Dated: October 3, 1996.
Scott C. Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-25890 Filed 10-8-96; 8:45 am]
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