[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66130-66131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32905]


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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 November 25, 1997, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States versus 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 M & O Environmental Company, Inc. (``M & O''), 
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 M & O (1) pay $100,000 in civil 
penalties; (2) maintain compliance with the asbestos NESHAP and the 
Act; (3) report to EPA on a monthly basis the status of all asbestos 
abatement work undertaken by M & O in the previous month, and (4) 
implement certain managerial and operational measurements to ensure M & 
O's continuous compliance with the asbestos NESHAP and the Act.
    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 
versus 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

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per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-32905 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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