[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 5578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2319]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is hereby given that on January 22, 
2004, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Wal-Mart Stores, 
Inc, Sam's West, Inc. and Sam's East, Inc., Civil Action No. 04-0086-
CV-SOW was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Missouri.
    The complaint alleges twenty instances where Sam's Club violated 
the regulations promulgated under sections 608 and 609 of the Clean Air 
Act by selling class I or class II refrigerant to people who are not 
certified technicians to maintain, service, repair, or dispose of 
appliances that use refrigerant. The Consent Decree settles these 
claims in exchange for payment of a civil penalty of $400,000 in 
addition to injunctive relief under which Sam's Club and Wal-Mart have 
agreed to cease all sales of refrigerants containing class I and class 
II substances.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and National Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
U.S. v. Wal-Mart, Inc. et al. Consent Decree, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-06456.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Western District of Missouri Charles Evans Whittaker 
Courthouse, 400 East 9th Street, Fifth Floor Kansas City, Missouri 
64106, Telephone: (816) 426-3122 and at U.S. EPA Region VII, 901 N. 5th 
Street, Kansas City, KS 66101, (913) 551-7471. 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 $6 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-2319 Filed 2-4-04; 8:45 am]
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