[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3234-3235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1565]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Honeywell International Inc. (E.D. Va.), Civil Action No. 3:01CV789 was 
lodged on November 23, 2001 with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of Virginia. The Consent Decree resolves the 
United States' claims against defendant, Honeywell International Inc., 
with respect to violations of the Clean Air Act, the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''), 
the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (``EPCRA''), and 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'') at its chemical 
manufacturing facility in Hopewell, Virginia.
    Under the Consent Decree, defendant will pay the United States 
$110,000 in penalties. In addition, the defendant will implement five 
Supplemental Environmental Projects, or ``SEPs,'' at an estimated cost 
of $772,000. These SEPs include (1) Within ten months of entry of the 
Consent Decree and at a cost of no less than $375,000, the conversion 
of a refrigeration unit from use of chlorfluorocarbon-based refrigerant 
to hydrofluorocarbon-based refrigerant; (2) within seventeen months of 
entry of the Consent Decree and at a cost of no less than $300,000, the 
installation of an air emissions control system to reduce the release 
of ammonia; (3) within forty-five (45) days of entry of the Consent 
Decree and at a cost of no less than $35,000, the purchase of a 
``reverse 911'' interactive notification system for the Hopewell Local 
Emergency Planning Committee; (4) within forty-five (45) days of entry 
of the Consent Decree and at a cost of no less than $20,000, the 
purchase of a skirted boom and trailer and associated training services 
for the Henrico Regional Hazardous Incident Team; and (5) within forty-
five (45) days of entry of the Consent Decree and at a cost of no less 
than $42,000, the purchase of mass decontamination equipment and 
associated training for emergency response teams at two local medical 
centers, the John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell, VA and the 
Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, VA.
    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. This notice was previously published in the 
Federal Register. As a result of the discovery of anthrax contamination 
at the District of Columbia mail processing center in mid-October, 
2001, the delivery of mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service has 
been disrupted. Consequently, public comments which are addressed to 
the Department of Justice in Washington, DC and sent by regular or 
overnight mail through the U.S. Postal Service are not expected to be 
received in a timely manner. Therefore, comments should be addressed 
and sent: (1) to: Janet E. Sharke, USEPA Region III (3EC00), 1650 Arch 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; and/or (2) by facsimile to (202) 353-
0296, to Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section; and/or (3) by 
overnight delivery, other than through the U.S. Postal Service, to 
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 1425 New York Avenue, NW., 
13th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Each communication should refer on 
its face to United States v. Honeywell International Inc. DOJ reference 
number 90-7-1-06900.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 600 East 
Main Street, Suite 1800, Richmond, Virginia and at the Region III 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street 
Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also 
be obtained by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, Department of 
Justice Consent Decree Library, fax no. (202) 616-6584; phone 
confirmation no. (202) 514-1547., There is a charge for the copy (25 
cent per page reproduction cost). Upon requesting a copy, please mail a 
check payable to the ``U.S. Treasury'', in the amount of $13.00. to: 
Consent Decree Library, U.S.

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Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. The 
check should refer to United States v. Honeywell International Inc. DOJ 
reference number 90-7-1-06900.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1565 Filed 1-22-02; 8:45 am]
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