[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 31213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5015]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on May 
16, 2006, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Newly Weds 
Foods, Inc., Civil Action No. 06 C 2706, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
    In a Complaint filed on the same day as the lodging of the proposed 
Consent Decree, the United States sought injunctive relief and civil 
penalties for violations of the industrial refrigerant repair, record-
keeping, and reporting regulations at 40 CFR 82.152-82.166 (Recycling 
and Emission Reduction) promulgated by the Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') under Subchapter VI of the Act (Stratospheric Ozone 
Protection), 42 U.S.C. 7671-7671q, at one or more of Newly Weds' eight 
United States facilities, which are located in Chicago, Illinois; 
Watertown, Massachusetts; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Cleveland, 
Tennessee; Horn Lake, Mississippi; Springdale, Arkansas; Gerald, 
Missouri; and Modesto, California. In the proposed Consent Decree, 
Newly Weds agrees to (1) retrofit or retire all thirty-nine of its 
industrial process refrigeration equipment systems at the eight United 
States facilities that are designed to hold more than 50 pounds of 
ozone depleting refrigerants at full charge with systems that use only 
non-ozone depleting refrigerants by July 1, 2008 and (2) pay a $125,000 
penalty to the United States.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
this publication. 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. Newly Weds Foods, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
07985.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 South 
Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 
West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. During the public comment period 
the proposed 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 proposed 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 $7.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-5015 Filed 5-31-06; 8:45 am]
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