[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2036]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7 notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v.  Price/
Costco, Inc., Civil Action No. C96-1965Z, was lodged on December 16, 
1996, with the United States District Court for the Western District of 
Washington. The consent decree settles claims brought under Sections 
113 and 608 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413 & 7671(g). The 
complaint alleged that Price/Costco sold canisters of freon to buyers 
who were not certified to handle ozone depleting substances in 
violation of 40 CFR Sec. 82.154(m). Under the proposed consent decree, 
Price/Costco will pay a civil penalty of $232,500 and institute a set 
of procedures at its check-out counters assuring that buyers of freon 
canisters are certified to handle ozone depleting substances within the 
meaning of 40 CFR Sec. 82.154(m).
    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. Price/Costco, DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2050.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3600, Washington 98104; 
the Region 10 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. 
A copy of either 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 of either decree 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $3.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-2036 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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