[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 70534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31151]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Judgment Pursuant to Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 1, 2003, a proposed Consent 
Judgment in United States v. The New York City Transit Authority, Civil 
Action No. CV-97-7521, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of New York.
    The proposed Consent Judgment will resolve the United States' 
claims under section 113 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413, on 
behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency against defendant 
New York City Transit Authority (``TA'') in connection with the TA's 
renovation of six subway stations in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. 
According to the complaint, asbestos-containing material was improperly 
removed during the renovation of six subway stations in Brooklyn and 
Queens, New York. The Consent Judgment requires the TA to pay $300,000 
in civil penalties and enjoins the TA from committing violations of the 
Clean Air Act and the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants for Asbestos, 40 CFR part 61, subpart M.
    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 Judgment. 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. The New York City Transit Authority, Civil Action 
No. CV-97-7521, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-2135.
    The proposed Consent Judgment may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, One Pierrepoint 
Plaza, 14th Fl., Brooklyn, New York 11201, and at the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region, II, 290 Broadway, New York, 
New York 10007-1866. During the public comment period, the proposed 
Consent Judgment may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
proposed Consent Judgment may 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. If requesting a copy of the proposed Consent 
Judgment, please so note and enclose a check in the amount of $3.00 (25 
cent per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-31151 Filed 12-17-03; 8:45 am]
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