[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 21017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9742]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on March 24, 2000, the United States lodged a 
proposed consent decree with the United States District Court for the 
Western Disctrict of Wisconsin, in United States v. Redi-Serve Foods 
Limited Partnership, Case No. 00-C-0166-C (W.D. Wis. 2000), under 
Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b). The proposed 
consent decree resolves certain claims of the United States against 
Redi-Serve Foods Limited Partnership (``Redi-Serve''), arising out of 
Redi-Serve's meat processing facility located at 1200 Industrial Drive 
in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Redi-Serve will pay the United 
States a $195,000 civil penalty. The proposed Consent Decree requires 
Redi-Serve to retain a certified opacity observer to perform a daily 
stack inspection and report to the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``U.S. EPA'') any visible emission readings which 
exceed 20%. The proposed Consent Decree also requires Redi-Serve to 
report to U.S. EPA any temperature excursions (of minus 25 degrees 
Fahrenheit from the last stack test), malfunctions or down times for 
the thermal oxidizer. The proposed Consent Decree will terminate 
eighteen months after its entry by the United States District Court for 
the Western District of Wisconsin.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree for 30 days after publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States v. Redi-Serve Foods Limited 
Partnership, Case No. 00-C-0166 C (W.D. Wis. 2000), DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-
2188. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, Madison, 
Wisconsin, and at the Region V Office of the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois 60604. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained 
by mail from the U.S. Department of Justice, Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check for reproduction costs (at 25 cents per page) in the 
amount of $3.50 for the Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-9742 Filed 4-18-00; 8:45 am]
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