[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 68296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32858]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States v. AES/Ntron, Inc., Civil Action No. 98-1983, was lodged on 
November 20, 1998 with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania. The United States filed this action pursuant 
to the Clean Water Act to obtain penalties and injunctive relief for 
AES/Ntron, Inc.'s violations of the National Recycling and Emissions 
Reduction Program contained in 42 U.S.C. 7671g and 40 CFR part 82, 
Subpart F, and the requirements to provide information to the U.S. 
Environmental Agency in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 7614.
    The Consent Decree requires AES-Ntron, Inc. to pay $80,000 in civil 
penalties for its violations. In addition, the Consent Decree requires 
AES-Ntron, Inc. to notify customers that the machines it sold were not 
certified as required by federal regulations and to test certain 
machines to determine whether they meet regulatory standards.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. AES/Ntron, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2091.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Twelfth Floor, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106; the Region III Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19103; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
N.W., 3rd 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., 3rd Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) for each decree, payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-32858 Filed 12-9-98; 8:45 am]
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