96-26629. Proposed Settlement Agreement; Liberty Borough, PA PM-10 SIP

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26629]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL 5637-2]


Proposed Settlement Agreement; Liberty Borough, PA PM-10 SIP

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public 
comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act 
(``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement 
concerning litigation instituted against the Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') by the Group Against Smog and Pollution (``GASP''). 
The lawsuit concerns EPA's alleged failure to perform a 
nondiscretionary duty with respect to: (1) taking final action on the 
Liberty Borough Moderate area nonattainment state implementation plan 
(``SIP'') regulating particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter 
less than or equal to a nominal ten micrometers (``PM-10'') emissions, 
and (2) determining, based on air quality data, whether the Liberty 
Borough nonattainment area attained the PM-10 national ambient air 
quality standards by the December 31, 1994 statutory attainment 
deadline.
    For a period of thirty [30] days following the date of publication 
of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to 
the settlement agreement. EPA or the Department of Justice may withhold 
or withdraw consent to the proposed settlement agreement if the 
comments disclose facts or circumstances that indicate that such 
consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with 
the requirements of the Act.
    Copies of the settlement agreement are available from Phyllis 
Cochran, Air and Radiation Division (2344), Office of General Counsel, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, 
D.C. 20460, [phone]. Written comments should be sent to Michael 
A. Prosper at the above address and must be submitted on or before 
[insert date 30 days after publication].

    Dated: October 8, 1996.
Scott C. Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-26629 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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