[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40616-40617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16107]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 8, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Civil Action 
No. 3:08-CV-097, was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the Southern District of Indiana.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
civil penalties for violations of the industrial refrigerant repair, 
recordkeeping, 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 thirteen of 
Bristol-Myers Squibb's United States facilities, which are located in 
Wallingford, Connecticut; Evansville and Mount Vernon, Indiana; 
Billerica, Massachusetts; Zeeland, Michigan; Hopewell, Lawrenceville, 
and New Brunswick, New Jersey; Buffalo and East Syracuse, New York; and 
Barceloneta, Humacao, and Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. In the proposed 
Consent Decree, Bristol-Myers Squibb agrees to (1) retrofit or retire 
seventeen of its industrial process and comfort cooling (air 
conditioners) refrigeration units at five of its facilities, in 
Evansville and Mt. Vernon, Indiana; Hopewell, New Jersey; and Humacao 
and Mayaguez, Puerto Rico by July 1, 2009, (2) pay a $127,000 penalty 
to the United States, and (3) perform a Supplemental Environmental 
Project by retiring two comfort cooling refrigeration units at its New 
Brunswick, New Jersey facility and tying the functions served by the 
comfort coolers into the company's new centralized water-chilled 
refrigeration systems at a cost of at least $2,250,000.
    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 Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
08547.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 10 West Market St., Suite 2100, Indianapolis, IN, 
46204, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 
60604. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, to 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 $9.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail 
or fax, forward a check in that amount to the

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Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E8-16107 Filed 7-14-08; 8:45 am]
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