[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1918]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act
Pursuant to Department policy, 18 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given
that on December 18, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in Chester
Residents Concerned for Quality Living, et al., and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and United States of America v. Delaware County Regional
Water Control Authority (``DELCORA''), Civil Action No. 94-CV-5639 was
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania.
In this action the United States, as a plaintiff-intervenor, sought
civil penalties and injunctive relief pursuant to Section 113 of the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413, against DELCORA for violations of the
Clean Air Act in connection with the operation of sludge incinerators
at DELCORA's sewage treatment plant located in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Under the proposed Consent Decree DELCORA agrees to pay a civil penalty
of $120,000, implement injunctive relief to prevent future violations
at the plant, and perform a Supplemental Environmental Project to
reduce exposure to lead among newborn infants in Chester, Pennsylvania.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living, et al., and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and United States of America v. Delaware
County Regional Water Control Authority (``DELCORA''), D.J. Ref. 90-5-
2-1-2071.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, 5615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA
19106, at U.S. EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, PA
19107, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the Consent
Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In
requesting a copy exclusive of exhibits, please enclose a check in the
amount of $9.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the
Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-1918 Filed 1-26-98; 8:45 am]
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