[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 50682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24791]


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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. Kenneth 
McDonald and Nicholas Menegatos, C.A. No. 3:CV-01-0510, was lodged on 
September 11, 2001, with the United States District Court for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the United 
States' claims against Defendant Nicholas Menegatos for violations of 
the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q, and the National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for asbestos (``asbestos 
NESHAP''), 40 CFR part 61, with respect to the partial demolition of a 
facility, located in Tannersville, Pennsylvania.
    Under the consent decree, Defendant Menegatos, based upon his 
ability-to-pay, has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of 
$2700 and has agreed to take a training course that will familiarize 
him with the Clean Air Act and the asbestos NESHAP regulations.
    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 Acting 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 
to United States v. Kenneth McDonald and Nicholas Menegatos, C.A. No. 
3:CV-01-0510, DOJ Reference No. 90-5-2-1-2217.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 
17108; and the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. A copy of 
the proposed consent decree may be obtained by mail from the Department 
of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. 
In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $5.75 (.25 cents per page production costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-24791 Filed 10-3-01; 8:45 am]
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