[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 28522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13894]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Federal 
Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Trade 
Commission Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America 
v. Accuventure, et. al Civil Action No. 96-588-JE, was lodged on May 
11, 1998 with the United States District Court for the District of 
Oregon. In its Complaints, the United States asserted claims against 
four corporations and two individuals under the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 136. seq. and under 
Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (``FTCA''), 15 U.S.C. 
Sec. 45(a). The claims concerned defendants' sale and advertisement of 
water filtering and purification products that were not registered as 
pesticides under FIFRA.
    The Consent Decree provides for injunctive relief that restricts 
the defendants' future ability to distribute and advertise water 
treatment and filtering products. The Consent Decree also requires 
defendants to pay a civil penalty of $20,000.
    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, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044. Comments should refer to United States of America v. 
Accuventure et al., DOJ Ref. No. 1-1687
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Districts of Oregon, District of Oregon, 1000 
SW Third Avenue, Suite 600, Portland, OR 97204-2904; the Region X 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, WA 98101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
N.W., 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.
    In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost0 payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-13894 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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