[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16433]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on June 6, 1997, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. M & O Environmental Company, et al., Civil 
No. 1:96-CV-1786, was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of Illinois. This Consent Decree resolves claims 
against two parties, Luse Asbestos Removal Company (``Luse'') and 
Carnow Conibear & Associates Ltd (``Carnow''), for violations of 
Sections 112 and 114 of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 
Secs. 7412 and 7414, and various work practice standards and notice 
requirements promulgated as part of the National Emission Standard for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants for asbestos (``asbestos NESHAP'').
    The Consent Decree requires Luse and Carnow to comply with the 
asbestos NESHAP and the Act of each demolition and/or renovation 
operation that is owned, leased, operated, controlled or supervised by 
Luse or Carnow and to pay collectively $70,000 in civil penalties.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer in United States v. M 
& O Environmental Company, et al., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-1885.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, Everett McKinley 
Dirksen Building, Fifth Floor, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604, at the Region V Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 200 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois, and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, 
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $26.75 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-16433 Filed 6-23-97; 8:45 am]
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