97-21536. Proposed Settlement; Industrial Process Cooling Towers Emission Standard Litigation

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21536]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5874-6]


Proposed Settlement; Industrial Process Cooling Towers Emission 
Standard Litigation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement; Request for Public Comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act 
(``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement of Libbey-
Owens-Ford Company v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, 
No. 95-1141 (D.C. Cir.).
    The case involves a challenge to the rule entitled ``National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Industrial Process 
Cooling Towers,'' published in the Federal Register at 59 FR 46,339 on 
September 8, 1994. The proposed settlement provides for EPA to issue a 
revision to the rule allowing sources to demonstrate compliance through 
recordkeeping in lieu of water sample analysis.
    For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication 
of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments to the 
settlement from persons who were not named as parties to the litigation 
in question. EPA or the Department of Justice may withhold or withdraw 
consent to the proposed settlement if the comments disclose facts or 
circumstances that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, 
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the Act. 
Copies of the settlement are available from Gwendolyn Jones, Air and 
Radiation Division (2344), Office of General Counsel, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20460, [phone]. Written comments should be sent to Patricia A. 
Embrey at the above address and must be submitted on or before [insert 
date 30 days after publication].

    Dated: August 4, 1997.
Scott C. Fulton,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-21536 Filed 8-13-97; 8:45 am]
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