[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 43015] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-21060] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on July 30, 1997, a proposed consent decree in United States v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, Civil Action No. 97-4247-JPG, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and civil penalties under section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for violations of the Illinois State Implementation Plan (``SIP'') and the New Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'') for Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units, 40 CFR part 60, Subpart Db., at the Central Steam Plant at Southern Illinois University's Carbondale, Illinois, campus. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that SIU violated two sections of the Illinois SIP: (1) 35 I.A.C. Sec. 212.202 relating to particulate matter emission exceedances, and (2) 35 I.A.C. Sec. 201.144 relating to operating without a permit, with respect to SIU's operation of three coal-fired boilers at its Central Steam Plant. The Complaint also alleges that SIU violated various provisions of the NSPS regulations applicable to its natural gas-fired boiler at the Central Steam Plant. The proposed consent decree provides for compliance testing in the form of stack tests for three of SIU's boilers with respect to particulate emission limits of the Illinois SIP. In addition, SIU will pay a civil penalty of $150,000 for its violations of the Illinois SIP and the NSPS. 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 Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC. 20530, and should refer to United States v. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1-2045. The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Nine Executive Drive, Suite 300, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208; at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; 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 refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library. Joel M. Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 97-21060 Filed 8-8-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-15-M