[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 50554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21392]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Department policy, 28 U.S.C. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Earthgrains Baking Companies, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 4-
03CV01043SNL, was lodged on July 31, 2003, with the United States 
District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
    In this action the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief for Defendants' violations of the industrial 
refrigerant, repair, testing, record-keeping, and reporting regulations 
at 40 CFR, part 82, subpart F, Sec. Sec.  82.156-82.166 (``Recycling 
and Emissions Reduction''), promulgated pursuant to subchapter VI of 
the Act (``Stratospheric Ozone Protection''), 42 U.S.C. 7671-7671q.
    The Consent Decree settles an action brought under section 113 of 
the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413. The Consent Decree provides that 
Earthgrains Baking Companies, Inc., et al., will pay the United States 
$5.25 million in civil penalties, and perform extensive injunctive 
relief by retrofitting, replacing, or retiring a total of 264 
Industrial Refrigeration Appliances and Commercial Refrigeration 
Appliances that presently contain ozone depleting substances with non-
ozone depleting substances (e.g. glycol, water, ammonia, etc).
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Earthgrains Baking Companies, Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. 
90-5-2-1-07388.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri, Thomas F. 
Eagleton U.S. Courthouse, 111 South 10th Street, Room 20.333, St. 
Louis, Missouri 63102; the Headquarters Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. 
During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Consent 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 or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $10.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-21392 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]
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