[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 28522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13894]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Federal
Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Trade
Commission Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America
v. Accuventure, et. al Civil Action No. 96-588-JE, was lodged on May
11, 1998 with the United States District Court for the District of
Oregon. In its Complaints, the United States asserted claims against
four corporations and two individuals under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 136. seq. and under
Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (``FTCA''), 15 U.S.C.
Sec. 45(a). The claims concerned defendants' sale and advertisement of
water filtering and purification products that were not registered as
pesticides under FIFRA.
The Consent Decree provides for injunctive relief that restricts
the defendants' future ability to distribute and advertise water
treatment and filtering products. The Consent Decree also requires
defendants to pay a civil penalty of $20,000.
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
D.C. 20044. Comments should refer to United States of America v.
Accuventure et al., DOJ Ref. No. 1-1687
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Districts of Oregon, District of Oregon, 1000
SW Third Avenue, Suite 600, Portland, OR 97204-2904; the Region X
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue,
Seattle, WA 98101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,
N.W., 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.
In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50
(25 cents per page reproduction cost0 payable to the ``Consent Decree
Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-13894 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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