[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2036]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7 notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Price/
Costco, Inc., Civil Action No. C96-1965Z, was lodged on December 16,
1996, with the United States District Court for the Western District of
Washington. The consent decree settles claims brought under Sections
113 and 608 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413 & 7671(g). The
complaint alleged that Price/Costco sold canisters of freon to buyers
who were not certified to handle ozone depleting substances in
violation of 40 CFR Sec. 82.154(m). Under the proposed consent decree,
Price/Costco will pay a civil penalty of $232,500 and institute a set
of procedures at its check-out counters assuring that buyers of freon
canisters are certified to handle ozone depleting substances within the
meaning of 40 CFR Sec. 82.154(m).
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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Price/Costco, DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2050.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3600, Washington 98104;
the Region 10 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101; and at the Consent Decree Library,
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892.
A copy of either proposed 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 of either decree
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $3.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-2036 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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