[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57484-57485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28569]


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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 
September 26, 2001, a Consent Decree was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Massachusetts in United States v. 
National Metal Finishing Corporation, Civil Action No. 01-30175-FHF. A 
complaint in the action was also filed simultaneously with the lodging 
of the Consent Decree. In the complaint the United States, on behalf of 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleges that National 
Metal Finishing Corporation (National) violated the Clean Air Act, 42 
U.S.C. 7412, et seq., at its decorative chromium plating facility in 
Springfield,

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Massachusetts. The violations involve EPA requirements for reporting, 
notification and work practice standards for chromium and halogenated 
solvent emissions. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, National will 
pay a $29,729 civil penalty and perform a supplemental environmental 
project that will reduce water pollution in the Springfield area and 
the Connecticut River.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and should 
refer to United States v. National Metal Finishing Corporation, D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-2-1-06723.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Suite 310, 1550 Main Street, Springfield, 
Massachusetts, and at the Region I office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02114. A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 
PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose 
a check (there is a 25 cent per page reproduction cost) in the amount 
of $7.75 payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-28569 Filed 11-14-01; 8:45 am]
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