96-33266. Proposed Settlement Agreement; Ozone Nonattainment Areas; 15% VOC FIPs for Washington, D.C., Baltimore MD, and Philadelphia PA

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 252 (Tuesday, December 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 69095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33266]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5672-9]


Proposed Settlement Agreement; Ozone Nonattainment Areas; 15% VOC 
FIPs for Washington, D.C., Baltimore MD, and Philadelphia PA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act 
(``Act''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a 
proposed settlement agreement concerning litigation instituted against 
the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') by the Sierra Club Legal 
Defense Fund, et. al. The lawsuit concerns EPA's alleged failure to 
perform a nondiscretionary duty with respect to promulgating a federal 
implementation plan (``FIP'') to reduce volatile organic compound 
(``VOC'') emissions by fifteen percent [15%] from 1990 levels, under 
Act section 182(b)(1), in the Washington, D.C., Baltimore MD, and 
Philadelphia ozone nonattainment areas.
    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 Howard 
J. Hoffman at the above address and must be submitted on or before 
January 30, 1997.

    Dated: December 24, 1996.
Scott C. Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-33266 Filed 12-30-96; 8:45 am]
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