[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 62348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30587]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States versus Ford Motor Company, Civil Action No. 97 C 7716, has been 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of Illinois on November 3, 1997.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims asserted against defendant, Ford 
Motor Company (``Ford''), under the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 
7401 et seq., for violations of 40 CFR 52.741(x), which was part of a 
Federal Implementation Plan for the Chicago metropolitan area ozone 
non-attainment area. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Ford will 
implement and maintain specific measures that will substantially reduce 
emissions from cleanup solvents at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant, and 
Ford will pay a civil penalty of $135,000.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and 
should refer to United States versus Ford Motor Company, D.J. Ref. 90-
5-2-1-1932.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 S. 
Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604, at the Office of Regional 
Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 200 
West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 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 also be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Bruce S. Gelber,
Principal Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-30587 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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