[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27012]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree with Defendant Spitzer 
Great Lakes, Ltd. (``Spitzer'') in United States v. Cleveland Asbestos 
Abatement, et al., Case No. 1:93CV1317, was lodged on September 30, 
1996 with the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Ohio. The proposed consent decree settles claims against Spitzer 
pursuant to the Clean Air Act for violation of the asbestos NESHAP, 40 
CFR Part 61, Subpart M, in the course of asbestos removal activities at 
a building owned by Spitzer. The decree requires Spitzer to pay a civil 
penalty of $5,000, to comply with the asbestos NESHAP in the future, 
and to implement a compliance program including inspection and sampling 
for asbestos containing materials, employee training, and detailed 
recordkeeping requirements.
    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. Cleveland Asbestos Abatement, Inc., et al., Case No. 
1:93CV1317, and the Department of Justice Reference No. 90-5-2-1-1825.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, 1800 Bank One 
Center, 600 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44114; the Region 5 Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590; 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. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $4.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce M. Gelber,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-27012 Filed 10-21-96; 8:45 am]
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