[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 208 (Thursday, October 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27529]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Consent Judgment Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States 
v. Rymes Heating Oils, Inc. and James Rymes, DOJ #90-5-2-1-06111, Civ. 
No. 00-453-B, was lodged in the United States District Court for the 
District of New Hampshire on September 19, 2000. The consent decree 
resoles the liability of defendants Rymes Heating Oils and James Rymes 
under section 211 of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7545, and 
regulations promulgated thereunder, for violations of statutory and 
regulatory requirements pertaining to the use of reformulated gasoline 
and low-sulfur motor vehicle diesel fuel.
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, defendants are 
obligated, jointly and severally, to pay $200,000 as a civil penalty to 
the Government for their violations of the CAA and regulations. 
Additionally, defendants certify that they are in compliance with he 
CAA and regulations pertaining to fuels, and they agree to comply in 
the future with those provisions.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, written 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, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Rymes Heating Oils, Inc. and James Rymes, DOJ 
#90-5-2-1-06111. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the 
Office of the United States Attorney, District of New Hampshire, 55 
Pleasant Street--Room 312, Concord, New Hampshire 03301; and at the 
Region I Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, One 
Congress Street, Suite 1100--RCA, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023. 
Copies of the Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the Justice 
Department Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611 Ben Franklin Station, 
Washington, DC 20044, (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $4.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce Gelber,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources, 
Division.
[FR Doc. 00-27529 Filed 10-25-00; 8:45 am]
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