[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63385-63386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31198]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. The Glidden Company, Civil Action No. 3:96CV7198, has been 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of Ohio on November 17, 1997.
    The Consent Decree resolves the claims alleged against defendant, 
The Glidden Company (``Glidden''), under the Clean Water Act (``Act''), 
33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq. The proposed Consent Decree provides that 
Glidden shall discharge process wastewaters from its facility at 300 
Sprowl Road, Huron, OH, to the Erie County Sanitary Sewer System, and 
shall comply with the applicable National Pollutant Discharge

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Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit and with standards contained in 
the Consent Decree. The proposed decree also provides that Glidden 
shall perform a compliance program for the facility, and submit reports 
regarding its compliance with the Consent Decree. The proposed Consent 
Decree also provides for the payment by Glidden of a civil penalty of 
$1,555,000 for its alleged failures to comply with its NPDES permit and 
with an EPA Administrative Order.
    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, DC 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. The Glidden Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-
1-5062.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Four Seagate, 
Third Floor, Toledo, OH 43604-2624, at the Office of Regional Counsel, 
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 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 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 $9.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-31198 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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