[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59211-59212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28558]


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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, the Department of Justice gives 
notice that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Chemetco, 
Inc., Civ. No. 93-482-WDS (S.D. Ill.), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on October 
18, 1999, pertaining to the Chemetco's secondary cooper smelting 
facility, located in Hartford, Illinois. The proposed consent decree 
would resolve the United States' civil claims against Chemetco brought 
under the Clear Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 to 7671q.
    Under the proposed consent decree, Chemetco will pay a civil 
penalty of $305,267 and undertake a number of injunctive measures at 
the Facility, including installation of a Continuous Particulate Mass 
Monitor System.
    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 pertaining to the proposed consent decree should refer to 
United States v. Chemetco, Inc., Civ. No. 93-482-WDS (S.D. Ill.), and 
DOJ Reference No. 90-5-2-1-1845.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) The Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 9 
Executive Drive, Suite 300, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208, (618) 
628-3700; and (2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(Region 5), 77 West Jackson

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Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Jeffery Trevino (312-
886-6729)). A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be obtained 
by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and DOJ Reference Number and enclose a check in the 
amount of $10.25 for the consent decree only (41 pages at 25 cents per 
page reproduction costs), or $17.50 for the consent decree and its 
appendices (70 pages), made payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-28558 Filed 11-1-99; 8:45 am]
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