[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13472]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Clean Air Act Civil
Enforcement Action
In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7,
notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v.
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Waste Resource Energy, Inc., and York
Resource Energy, Inc., Civil Action No. 97-3287, was lodged with the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
on May 8, 1997.
The United States filed a complaint on May 8, 1997, against
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Waste Resource Energy, Inc., and York
Resource Energy, Inc. (``defendants''), alleging violations of the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq., occurring at defendants'
municipal solid waste incinerators located in Chester and York,
Pennsylvania. The complaint alleges that the defendants violated the
Clean Air Act by emitting air pollutants, including hydrochloric acid,
carbon monoxide, and sulphur dioxide in amounts in excess of the limits
established in the defendants' Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(``PSD'') permits, which were issued to defendants by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection (``PADEP''). The Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, on behalf of PADEP, filed a complaint in intervention in
the action brought by the United States.
The proposed Consent Decree resolves the defendants' liability to
the United States and to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the
violations alleged in the complaints. The Decree requires the
defendants to: (1) comply with the terms of their PSD permits; (2)
operate and maintain their incinerators in compliance with certain
terms of the Decree; (3) perform certain supplemental environmental
projects valued at $300,000; and (4) pay a civil penalty of $50,000 to
the United States and $50,000 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the
proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin station, Washington,
DC 20044 and refer to United States v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.,
Waste Resource Energy, Inc., and York Resource Energy, Inc., DOJ Nos.
90-5-2-1-1980 and 90-5-2-1-1980A.
Copies of 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, Pennsylvania; Region III
Office of EPA, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107;
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 may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. When
requesting a copy of the proposed Consent Decree, please enclose a
check to cover the twenty-five cents per page reproduction costs
payable to the ``Consent Decree Library'' in the amount of $14.50, and
please reference DOJ Nos. 90-5-2-1-1980 and 90-5-2-1-1980A.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 97-13472 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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