[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-29034]
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[Federal Register: November 25, 1994]
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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 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice
is hereby given that on October 26, 1994, a Consent Decree in United
States v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Inc., Civil Action No. 94-
5197 (WGB), was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of New Jersey. The proposed Consent Decree requires the
Defendant to pay a civil penalty of $230,000, and obligates the
Defendant to provide reports to EPA detailing all asbestos demolition
renovation projects in progress and to be undertaken within one year of
entry of the Consent Decree at any of the Defendant's Gas Business Unit
(``GBU'') facilities. In addition, the Defendant is required to perform
an inspection for friable asbestos-containing materials at each GBU
facility at which the Defendant intends to conduct demolition or
renovation operations within one year of entry of the Consent Decree.
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, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
DC 20044, and should refer to United States v. Public Service Electric
& Gas Co., Inc., D.J. 90-5-2-1-1866.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, Room
501, Newark, New Jersey 07102; at the Region II Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York
10278; 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 can 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 of the Consent Decree, please enclose a check in the
amount of $4.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to the
``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-29034 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]
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