[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14139-14140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7372]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5801-6]


Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; 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 consent decree in the following case: Sierra Club, National 
Wildlife Federation, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. v. Carol M. 
Browner, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
No. 96-1680 (D.C. Cir.). This action was filed under section 304(a)(2) 
of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7604(a)(2), contesting EPA's alleged failure to 
meet mandatory deadlines under sections 112(m)(5) and (m)(6) of the 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(m)(5) and (m)(6), which concern the atmospheric 
deposition of hazardous air pollutants to the Great Lakes, the 
Chesapeake Bay, Lake Champlain and the coastal waters of the United 
States. The proposed consent decree provides that EPA shall take 
certain actions under those provisions 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 consent decree from persons who were not named as parties 
to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of

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Justice (``DOJ'') may withhold or withdraw consent to the proposed 
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 DOJ 
determines, following the comment period, that consent is 
inappropriate, the final consent decree will establish deadlines for 
specific actions under sections 112 (m)(5) and (m)(6) of the Act.
    A copy of the proposed consent decree was lodged with the Clerk of 
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on March 
14, 1997. A copy of the proposed consent decree is also available from 
Phyllis J. Cochran, Air and Radiation Division (2344), Office of 
General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-7606. Written comments should be 
sent to Michael W. Thrift at the above address and must be submitted on 
or before April 24, 1997.

    Dated: March 18, 1997.
Scott C. Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-7372 Filed 3-24-97; 8:45 am]
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