[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 160 (Friday, August 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 47830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6993]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on August 11, 2006, a proposed decree 
in United States v. A. Finkl & Sons Company, Civil Action No. 06 C 
4297, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Illinois.
    In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and civil 
penalties for violations of the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) 
for Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels at a 
steel forging plant owned and operated by A. Finkl & Sons Company (A. 
Finkl) at 2011 Southport Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The consent 
decree will require A. Finkl to comply with all applicable requirements 
of the NSPS, including emission standards, operational and equipment 
standards, maintenance requirements, record-keeping and reporting 
requirements. A. Finkl will also submit to Illinois EPA an application 
for an amendment to its Title V permit to provide for compliance with 
the emission limitations and other requirements of the NSPS. Under the 
proposed consent decree, A. Finkl will pay a civil penalty of $75,000. 
In addition, A. Finkl will spend $620,000 to perform two supplemental 
environmental projects: (1) A. Finkl will install low NOX 
burners on one of its gas fired furnaces at a cost of $545,000, 
resulting in an expected reduction of five tons per year in 
NOX emissions; and (2) A. Finkl will spend $75,000 to 
retrofit 34 vehicles owned by the City of Chicago with diesel oxidation 
catalysts.
    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, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. A. Finkl & Sons Company, Civil Action No. 06 C 4297, 
DOJ case Number 90-5-2-1-08203.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois, and at U.S. 
EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. 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/Consent_Decrees.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 $35.00, payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by 
e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6993 Filed 8-17-06; 8:45 am]
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