[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 49 (Monday, March 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6233]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, please be
advised that a proposed Consent Decree was lodged on February 24, 1999,
in United States v. Crozer Chester Medical Center, et al., C.A. No. 97-
CV-4376, with the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania. The Consent Decree resolves litigation brought by the
United States under Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
7413(b), for alleged violations of the Pennsylvania State
Implementation Plan (``SIP''). At issue were emissions and operating
practices at a hospital waste incinerator (``HWI''). Defendants
voluntarily shut down the incinerator shortly before the lawsuit was
filed, and have since permanently closed the HWI.
Under the Consent Decree, Defendant Eastern Power Corporation (now
known as Statoil Energy Power, Inc.) will pay a civil penalty of
$250,000. Defendant Crozer Chester Medical Center (``Crozer'') will
perform a Supplemental Environmental Project (``SEP'') estimated to
cost $250,000. Under the SEP, Crozer will institute an asthma detection
program for first, sixth, and eleventh grade students in the Chester-
Uplands public school system. All students diagnosed as asthmatic will
be enrolled in an Asthma Management Program designed to increase
students' exercise capacity and reduce: time lost from school;
nocturnal asthma; emergency room visits; and effects from medications.
Any comments on the proposed Consent Decree 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 United States v. Crozer Chester Medical Center, et al.,
DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2110. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at
the office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Twelfth Floor, Philadelphia, PA
19106, and the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 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, (202) 624-0892. The proposed Consent Decree contains 51
pages, including the attachment describing the SEP. To obtain the
Consent Decree, with the attachment, please enclose a check for $12.75.
Please make the check payable to the Consent Decree Library, and refer
to the case by its title and DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2110.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-6233 Filed 3-12-99; 8:45 am]
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