[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 8994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3905]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on February 
16, 2010, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Belson Steel 
Center Scrap, Inc., Civil Action No. 10 C 581, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
    In a civil action filed simultaneously with the Consent Decree, the 
United States seeks a civil penalty against Belson Steel Center Scrap, 
Inc. (``Belson''), pursuant to section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act 
(``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for alleged environmental violations of 
40 CFR 82.156. These violations are alleged to have occurred at 
Belson's facility located at 1685 N. Route 50, Bourbonnais, Illinois.
    Under the proposed settlement, Belson will be required to (1) 
Acquire chloral floral carbon (``CFC'') removal equipment, (2) have 
properly trained operators evacuate CFCs from scrap appliances 
containing refrigerant, (3) maintain a log documenting CFC removal 
activities, (4) collect verification statements conforming to 
regulations in cases where Belson accepts appliances that already had 
CFCs removed, (5) provide periodic reports to EPA regarding its 
implementation of its oblgations under the decree, and (6) pay a civil 
penalty of $54,000.
    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 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. Belson Steel Center Scrap, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
09506.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Attn. Kurt N. Lindland, Assistant United States 
Attorney, 219 S. Dearborn Street, 5th Flr., Chicago, Illinois, and at 
U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 14th Flr., 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 number (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 
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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources, Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-3905 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
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