[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 62258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29492]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7
Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in Illinois
Public Interest Research Group, et al., and United States of America v.
115th Street Corporation, Civil Action No. 92-C-5564, was lodged on
November 9, 1995 with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The proposed consent decree
resolves the plaintiffs' claims against 115th Street Corporation for
violations of pretreatment standards enforceable under the Clean Water
Act at its organic chemicals manufacturing facility located in Chicago,
Illinois.
In the proposed settlement 115th Street Corporation agrees to:
Achieve full compliance with the pretreatment requirements of the Act
by not later than August 19, 1996; pay a civil penalty of $1,645,000;
and refrain from chemical synthesis of pigments at its Chicago facility
until three years after termination of the decree unless it satisfies
the specific technical requirements contained in the proposed 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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
Illinois Public Interest Research Group, et al., and United States of
America v. 115th Street Corporation, DOJ Ref #90-5-1-1-5004.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois
60604; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604; and at the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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,
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please
refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of
$18.75 (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. 95-29492 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]
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