[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42714-42715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20161]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under Clean Air Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Bassett
Furniture Industries, Inc., C.A. No. 4:99-CV-0044, was lodged on July
21, 1999, with the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia. The consent decree resolves violations of the
visible emission limit and the particulate mass emission regulation
provisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia's State Implementation Plan
(``State SIP''). The violations occurred at several Bassett facilities
located in
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Virginia. The subject provisions of the State Sip are federally-
enforceable pursuant to the Clean Air Act (``CAA'') and 40 CFR part 52.
Under the consent decree, Bassett agreed to and has implemented
remedial measures that have brought its facilities into compliance with
the CAA and the State SIP. These measures include, but are not limited
to, mailing specified repairs to boilers and installing new equipment
on boilers at several of its Virginia facilities. Bassett has also
agreed to perform two Supplemental Environmental Projects, which
include installation and operation of pollution reduction equipment at
several of its Virginia facilities and performance of a Pollution
Prevention Assessment at four of its Virginia facilities. Further,
Bassett has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $575,000.
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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc., DOJ Reference No. 90-5-2-
1-2210.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Suite One, Thomas B. Mason Building, 105
Franklin Road, SW, Roanoke, Virginia 24011-2305; the Region III Office
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19103-2029; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,
NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the
proposed decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 2005. In
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $15.25 (.25 cents per page production costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-20161 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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