[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 250 (Thursday, December 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 82390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33248]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree for Payment of Civil Penalty 
for Violations of the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on December 4, 2000, 
a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Columbus McKinnon 
Corporation, Civil Action No. C00-3096MWB, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
    In this action, the United State seeks civil penalties for Columbus 
McKinnon Corporation's (``Columbus'') violations of Section 112 of the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412, and of the National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chromium Emissions from Hard and 
Decorative Chromium Electroplating and Chromium Anodizing Tanks, 
codified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart N. The allegations occurred at a 
facility located in Laurens, Iowa, which is owned by Columbus McKinnon 
Corporation, and concern the failure to comply with the Chromium 
emission limitations, untimely submission of initial notification, and 
conducting an untimely performance test. Under the Consent Decree, 
Columbus will pay a civil penalty of $60,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. 
Columbus McKinnon Corporation, DOJ #90-5-2-1-06754.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 401 1st St. SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52401; at EPA 
Region VII, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, KS, 66101; or can be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 20044-7611. In requesting 
a copy, please enclose a check of $5.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Stephen J. Rapp,
United States Attorney, Northern District Iowa.
[FR Doc. 00-33248 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]
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