[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 51021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21283]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Public Meeting; Concerning Heavy Duty Diesel Engine 
Consent Decrees

    The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency 
announce a public meeting to be held on September 13, 2000 at 10 a.m. 
at 1425 New York Ave., N.W., 13th Floor Conference Room, Washington, 
DC. The subject of the meeting will be implementation of the provisions 
of seven consent decrees signed by the United States and diesel engine 
manufacturers and entered by the United States District Court for the 
District of Columbia on July 1, 1999 (United States v. Caterpillar, 
Case No. 1:98CV02544; United States v. Cummins Engine Company, Case No. 
1:98CV02546; United States v. Detroit Diesel Corporation, Case No. 
1:98CV02548; United States v. Volvo Truck Corporation, Case No. 
1:98CV02547; United States v. Mack Trucks, Inc., Case No. 1:98CV01495; 
and United States v. Renault Vehicules Industries, S.A., Case No. 
1:98CV02543). In supporting entry by the Court of the decrees, the 
United States committed to meet with states, industry groups, 
environmental groups, and concerned citizens to discuss consent decree 
implementation issues. This will be the fifth of a series of public 
meetings to be held quarterly during the first year of implementation 
of the consent decrees and at least annually thereafter. Future 
meetings will be announced in the Federal Register and/or on EPA's 
Diesel Engine Settlement web page at: www.epa.gov/oeca/ore/aed/diesel.
    For further information, please contact: Anne Wick, EPA Diesel 
Engine Consent Decree Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(Mail Code 2242A), EPA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20460, e-mail: 
[email protected].

Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 00-21283 Filed 8-21-00; 8:45 am]
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