[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2362-2363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-895]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 20, 2002, a proposed 
Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Rhode Island Resource 
Recovery Corporation, Civil Action No. 02-540ML was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
    In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and a 
civil penalty from the defendant, Rhode Island Resource Recovery 
Corporation (``RIRRC''), for violations of the Clean Air Act at the 
Central Landfill in Johnston, Rhode Island. The Decree provides that 
RIRRC shall pay a civil penalty of $321,000. Moreover, the Decree 
requires the defendant to preform injunctive relief estimated to cost 
upwards of $3.5 million, and undertake a supplemental environmental 
project (``SEP'') with a total SEP cost to RIRRC of at least $1.8 
million. The SEP includes, inter alia, the termination of waste 
acceptance operations at Phases II and III of the landfill by July 
2003, the capping of Phases I, II, and III by 2006, and the accelerated 
capping of portions of Phases II and III by the end of 2003.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of 30 days from 
the date of this publication, comments relating to the Decree. Comments 
should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to United States v. Rhode 
Island Resource Recovery Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-07164.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, District of Rhode Island, Fleet Center, 50 Kennedy Plaza, 8th 
Floor, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, (401) 528-5477 and at U.S. EPA 
Region I, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, 
(617) 918-2001. A copy of the Decree may also be obtained by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing a request to Tonia

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Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-
1547. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$65.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-895 Filed 1-15-03; 8:45 am]
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