[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17433]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Department policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on June 3, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. WACO International, Inc. Civil Action No. 1:94CV0713, was 
lodged in the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Ohio. The Complaint, filed by the United States under the Clean Air 
Act, as amended, alleged that WACO violated the volatile organic 
compound (VOC) portion of the Ohio state implementation plan (SIP). The 
Consent Decree requires WACO to pay a civil penalty of $75,000. The 
Consent Decree also requires WACO to install a zero-VOC powder coating 
operation by October 31, 1996. This supplemental environmental project 
(SEP) is valued at $500,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department 
of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 
20044, and should refer to United States v. WACO International, Inc., 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-1872.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following 
offices: (1) The United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, Ohio 
44114-2600 (contact Assistant United States Attorney Arthur I. Harris); 
(2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Assistant Regional 
Counsel Susan Perdomo); and (3) 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 refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check in the amount of $3.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction charge) payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-17433 Filed 7-2-97; 8:45 am]
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