[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60023-60024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29707]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that an October 9, 1998 a 
proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Pacific Mechanical 
Insulators Inc., et el., Civil Action No. CV-94-0043-N-EJL, was lodged 
with the United

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States District Court for the District of Idaho.
    In this action the United States sought penalties and injunctive 
relief for claims under the Asbestos National Emissions Standard for 
Harzardous Air Pollutants (``NESAHP''), 40 CFR pt. 61, Subpart M, 
promulgated under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 
7412, for inspection, notice, work practice, and waste disposal 
violations. The claims arose in connection with asbestos abatement 
activities performed during a renovation/demolition at the Potlatch 
pulp and paper mill in Lewiston, Idaho. Under the Consent Decree, 
Pacific Technologies Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $30,000 and will 
comply with the Asbestos NESHAP, including designating an Asbestos Site 
Coordinator, training all supervisors, inspectors, and workers, 
providing monthly reports of its activities to U.S. EPA and local air 
pollution control authorities, and undertaking work practices to assure 
ease of monitoring of activities.
    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 to United States v. 
Pacific Mechanical Insulators Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
1606.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, 877 W. Main, Boise ID 82702; EPA Region 
10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101; and at the Consent Decree 
Library 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. A copy 
of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 3rd Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. When requesting a copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $3.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-29707 Filed 11-5-98; 8:45 am]
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