[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26249]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United
States v. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority and Pressure Vessel
Services, Inc., Civil Action No. 1989-337, was lodged on October 17,
1995 with the United States District Court for the District of the
Virgin Islands.
The complaint in this action was filed on December 8, 1989 against
the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (``VIWAPA'') and Pressure
Vessel Services, Inc. (``PV''), pursuant to Section 113(b) of the Clean
Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b). The complaint sought penalties
and injunctive relief for violations of Section 112(c) of the Act, 42
U.S.C. 7412(c), and of the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air
Pollutants for asbestos, 40 CFR part 61, subpart M (``Asbestos
NESHAP''). The complaint alleged that violations of the Asbestos NESHAP
occurred in connection with a demolition project at VIWAPA's
desalinization plant (``D-plant'') on the Island of St. Thomas, within
the District of the Virgin Islands, that took place in August, 1988. PV
performed this demolition work for VIWAPA.
The proposed consent decree embodies an agreement by VIWAPA to pay
a civil penalty in the amount of $35,000. In addition, VIWAPA has
agreed to implement certain measures to reduce the likelihood of future
violations of the Asbestos NESHAP.
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, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-
1341.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region II Office
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New
York, at the United States Attorney's Office located at the Federal
Building and U.S. Courthouse, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th
Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed
consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $3.50 payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 95-26249 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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