[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14139-14140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7372]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5801-6]
Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act as
amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed consent decree in the following case: Sierra Club, National
Wildlife Federation, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. v. Carol M.
Browner, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency,
No. 96-1680 (D.C. Cir.). This action was filed under section 304(a)(2)
of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7604(a)(2), contesting EPA's alleged failure to
meet mandatory deadlines under sections 112(m)(5) and (m)(6) of the
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(m)(5) and (m)(6), which concern the atmospheric
deposition of hazardous air pollutants to the Great Lakes, the
Chesapeake Bay, Lake Champlain and the coastal waters of the United
States. The proposed consent decree provides that EPA shall take
certain actions under those provisions in accordance with specified
schedules.
For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to
the proposed consent decree from persons who were not named as parties
to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of
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Justice (``DOJ'') may withhold or withdraw consent to the proposed
consent decree if the comments disclose facts or circumstances that
indicate that such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or
inconsistent with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or DOJ
determines, following the comment period, that consent is
inappropriate, the final consent decree will establish deadlines for
specific actions under sections 112 (m)(5) and (m)(6) of the Act.
A copy of the proposed consent decree was lodged with the Clerk of
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on March
14, 1997. A copy of the proposed consent decree is also available from
Phyllis J. Cochran, Air and Radiation Division (2344), Office of
General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-7606. Written comments should be
sent to Michael W. Thrift at the above address and must be submitted on
or before April 24, 1997.
Dated: March 18, 1997.
Scott C. Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-7372 Filed 3-24-97; 8:45 am]
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