[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24935]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act 
(CAA)

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. Beshara 
Management, et al., No. 5:97CV123 (N.D. W. Va.), was lodged on July 27, 
1998, with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of West Virginia.
    The Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United States against 
the Defendants Beshara Management Inc., Riverside Plaza Partnership, 
Edward C. Beshara, Fred M. Beshara, and James Beshara, in connection 
with their operation of a renovation project carried out at the 
Riverside Plaza Shopping Center, a strip mall owned by the Defendants, 
located on Route 2 in New Martinsville, West Virginia. The Riverside 
Plaza project allegedly resulted in the unlawful removal and handling 
of asbestos-containing materials. The United States sought injunctive 
relief and the assessment of civil penalties against the Defendants for 
violations of the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (``NESHAP'') for asbestos, promulgated pursuant to Sections 
101, 112, 114, 116 and 301 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, 7412, 
7414, 7416 and 7601. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Defendants will 
be permanently enjoined from any future violations of the asbestos 
NESHAP at Riverside Plaza Shopping Center, and will pay to the United 
States the sum of $105,000.00 in civil penalties.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Beshara Management, et al. DJ # 90-5-2-1-2114 (N.D. W. Va.) Comments 
may also be addressed to Douglas J. Snyder, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, 1650 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
    The Consent Decree may be examined and copied at the Office of the 
Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia; 
or at the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, c/
o, Douglas J. Snyder, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy 
of the Consent Decree may also be obtained in person or by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check in the amount of $2.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 98-24935 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]
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