[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 26775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12337]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
April 29, 1999, a proposed consent decree in United States v. City of 
Chicago, Illinois, Civil Action No. 1:97-CV-06897, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
    In this action, the United States sought civil penalties for 
alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., and 
the Illinois State Implementation Plan resulting from emissions into 
the atmosphere from ``Waste-To-Energy'' trash incineration facility 
located at 700 North Kilbourn Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. Under the 
terms of the proposed consent decree, the City of Chicago will pay a 
civil penalty of $200,000 and perform four supplemental environmental 
projects at a cost of $700,000 to resolve the United States' claims. 
The first two projects require the City to spend $450,000 to remove and 
dispose of contaminated soils at two abandoned sites near the 
incinerator. The third project requires the City to spend $100,000 to 
construct a Lead Safe House. The Lead Safe House will serve as a 
temporary residence for low-income Chicagoans while lead abatement work 
is being undertaken in their homes. The fourth project requires the 
City to spend $150,000 on a lead abatement projects in Northwest 
Chicago.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date 
of this publication. 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. City of Chicago, Illinois, Civil Action No. 1:97-CV-
06897, and Department of Justice Reference No. 90-5-2-1-1930.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 219 South 
Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604; the Region 5 Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604-3590; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
NW, 3rd 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, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $6.59 (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-12337 Filed 5-14-99; 8:45 am]
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