[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28734]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
Notice is hereby given that on October 9, 1998, a proposed consent
decree in United States v. Glendale Fuel Oil Corporation, et al., Civil
Action No. 96-CV-4225, was lodged with the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of New York.
In this action, the United States alleged that the Defendants
Glendale Fuel Oil Corporation, Finest Fuel Oil Corporation, Finest/
Glendale Energy Group, Ltd., Angelo Pedone, John LaPreziosa, Philip
Amico and Marshall Fisco violated the low-sulfur motor vehicle diesel
fuel requirements of the Clean Air Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 7545(g)(2) and
(I), and the regulations promulgated thereunder, 40 C.F.R. Part 80, by
causing and allowing the introduction into motor vehicles, as well as
the sale and transportation, of diesel fuel which contained
concentrations of sulfur in excess of 0.05 percent by weight. The
proposed consent decree resolves the United States' claims against the
Defendants. Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, the
Defendants will, inter alia, refrain from further violations of the Act
and pay a civil penalty in the amount of $130,000.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the
proposed partial 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 United States v. Glendale Fuel Oil Corporation, et al., Civil
Action No. 996-CV-4225, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-2065.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, One Pierrepont
Plaza, 14th Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11201, at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, and at
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20005. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W.,
3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose
a check in the amount of $5.00 (25 cent per page reproduction cost).
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-28734 Filed 10-26-98; 8:45 am]
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