[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26568-26569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12566]


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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 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, please 
be advised that a proposed Consent Decree was lodged on March 12, 1997, 
in United States v. Camden Iron & Metal, Inc., and S.P.C. Corporation, 
C.A. No. 96-2972, with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania (``District Court''). The proposed consent 
decree addresses alleged violations of the National Recycling and 
Emission Reduction Program, which is found in Section 608 of the Clean 
Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7671g, and the regulations promulgated 
thereunder at 40 C.F.R. part 82, subpart F. The alleged violations took 
place at the defendants' scrap metal recycling facility in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    A complaint filed in May of 1996 alleged that the defendants 
violated the Clean Air Act's National Recycling and Emission Reduction 
Program by failing to either (a) Evacuate all chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)-
containing refrigerants from appliances prior to disposal, or (b) 
verify that the suppliers of the appliances had properly evacuated the 
CFC refrigerant prior to sending the appliances to the facility. The 
Complaint also alleged that the defendants violated Section 114 of the 
Clean Air Act by failing to provide timely and complete responses to 
information requests made by EPA.
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, the defendants will pay a 
penalty of $125,000, and will spend $375,000 on a supplemental 
environmental project (SEP). The SEP requires the defendants to work 
with municipalities in the Philadelphia metropolitan area to establish 
programs to recover CFC refrigerant from discarded and abandoned 
appliances, such as refrigerators and air conditioning units.
    Comments regarding this settlement 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. Camden Iron & Metal, Inc. and S.P.C. Corp., 
DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1-2028. The proposed consent decree may be examined 
at the Office of the United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, 13th 
Floor, Suite 1300, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 and the Region III 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. A copy of the proposed consent decree

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may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. 
The proposed decree contains 40 pages, without attachments. The 
attachments constitute an additional 109 pages. To obtain a copy of the 
decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs). Please make the check payable to the Consent 
Decree Library, and refer to the case by its title and DOJ Ref. # 90-5-
2-1-2028.
Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-12566 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am]
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