[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5653-5654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2909]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement 
Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7413(g) and 
Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that a 
proposed Consent Decree and proposed Settlement Agreement in Concerned 
Citizens for Nuclear Safety, Inc. & Patrick Jerome Chavez v. United 
States Department of Energy & Siegfried S. Hecker, Civil No. 94-1039 M 
(D.N.M.), were lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of New Mexico on January 14, 1997. Final approval and entry of 
the proposed Consent Decree and final approval of the Settlement 
Agreement are subject to the requirements of section 113(g) of the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7413(g), and the provisions of 28 C.F.R. 
Sec. 50.7.
    The Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement resolve allegations 
that the Los Alamos National Laboratory (``LANL''), located in Los 
Alamos, New Mexico, was not in full compliance with the national 
emission standard for radionuclides, as set forth at 40 C.F.R. 
Secs. 61.90-61.97 (``Subpart H''). Under the proposed Consent Decree, 
the U.S. Department of Energy would be required to contract for, fund 
and facilitate performance of comprehensive independent technical 
audits described in the Consent Decree, operate additional AIRNET 
stations, add thermoluminescent dosimeters to detect gamma and thermal 
neutron emissions, and to make a payment of $150,000 to the U.S. 
Treasury. The proposed Settlement Agreement would require, in part, the 
U.S. Department of Energy to fund a program at the University of New 
Mexico and to conduct radiation education training for the community.
    The Department of Justice will receive written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement for a period of 30 
days from the date of publication of this notice. Comments should be 
addressed to Alan D. Greenberg, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Environmental Defense Section, 999 18th Street, Suite 945, Denver, CO 
80202, should refer to Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, Inc. & 
Patrick Jerome Chavez v. United States Department of Energy & Siegfried 
S. Hecker, Civil No. 94-1039 M (D.N.M.), and should also make reference 
to DJ# 90-5-2-1-1749A.
    The proposed Consent Decree and Settlement Agreement may be 
examined at the Clerk's Office, United States District Court for the 
District of New Mexico, 500 Gold Avenue, 10th Floor, Albuquerque, NM 
87102 or at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Reading

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Room, 1350 Central Avenue, Suite 101, Los Alamos, NM 87544, (505) 665-
2122 or (800) 343-2342.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 97-2909 Filed 2-5-97; 8:45 am]
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