[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1918]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Pursuant to Department policy, 18 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given 
that on December 18, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in Chester 
Residents Concerned for Quality Living, et al., and Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania and United States of America v. Delaware County Regional 
Water Control Authority (``DELCORA''), Civil Action No. 94-CV-5639 was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania.
    In this action the United States, as a plaintiff-intervenor, sought 
civil penalties and injunctive relief pursuant to Section 113 of the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413, against DELCORA for violations of the 
Clean Air Act in connection with the operation of sludge incinerators 
at DELCORA's sewage treatment plant located in Chester, Pennsylvania. 
Under the proposed Consent Decree DELCORA agrees to pay a civil penalty 
of $120,000, implement injunctive relief to prevent future violations 
at the plant, and perform a Supplemental Environmental Project to 
reduce exposure to lead among newborn infants in Chester, Pennsylvania.
    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, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living, et al., and 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and United States of America v. Delaware 
County Regional Water Control Authority (``DELCORA''), D.J. Ref. 90-5-
2-1-2071.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 5615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 
19106, at U.S. EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA 
19107, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 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 exclusive of exhibits, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $9.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
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