[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11918-11919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6276]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on March 4, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. City of Richmond, Indiana Civil Action No. IP 93-1112-C96-C-
0275-S, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Southern District of Indiana. This consent decree represents a 
settlement of the United States' claims under the Clean Air Act, 42 
U.S.C. 7401 et. seq., and the particulate matter regulations of the 
Indiana State Implementation Plan against the City of Richmond, 
Indiana, doing business as Richmond Power & Light (``RPL''). The claims 
relate to RPL's exceedances of particulate matter emission limits 
imposed by the State Implementation Plan on RPL's Whitewater Valley 
electric generating station (the ``Whitewater Plant''), located at 2000 
U.S. Highway 27 South in the City of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.
    Under the proposed decree, RPL agrees to conduct stack tests 
annually at the Whitewater Plant and to pay $200,000 (plus accrued 
interest from January 1, 1996) to resolve the injunctive relief and 
civil-penalty claims alleged in the complaint and occurring prior to 
the lodging of the proposed decree.
    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 Chief, 
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 
to United States v. City of Richmond, Indiana, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-1869.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, U.S. Courthouse 
5th Floor, 46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana; at the Region 5 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, 
Chicago, Illinois, 60604-3590, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy 
of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $3.75

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(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-6276 Filed 3-12-97; 8:45 am]
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