[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16822]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


United States and Air Liquide America Corp.; Notice of Lodging of 
Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on June 21, 2001 a proposed Consent 
Decree (``Decree'') in United States and Air Liquide America 
Corporation, Civil Action No. 01-S-0113 was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The United 
States filed this action pursuant to section 113(b) of the Clean Air 
Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for noncompliance with the 
industrial refrigerant repair, testing, record-keeping, and reporting 
regulations at 40 CFR part 82, subpart F, Secs. 82.152-82.166 (the 
``Subpart F Regulations''), promulgated pursuant to Subchapter VI of 
the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7671-7671q. at 22 industrial process refrigeration 
systems owned and operated by Air Liquide America Corporation in 18 
states.
    Under the terms of the Decree Air Liquide America Corporation will 
pay the United States a civil penalty in the amount of $4.5 million, 
and perform a supplemental environmental project in Calcasieu Parish, 
Louisiana. Air Liquide America Corporation will also replace, convert, 
or take out of service fifty of its industrial refrigeration systems 
now using regulated ``class II'' refrigerants with non-ozone depleting 
refrigerants.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Air Liquide America Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
07132. The Decree may be examined at the offices of EPA Region VIII, 
999 18th Street, Suite 500 South Tower, Denver, Colorado. A copy of the 
Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In 
requesting a copy of the Decree, please enclose a check payable to the 
Consent Decree Library for $17.00 for a complete copy of the decree (25 
cents per page reproduction cost).

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-16822 Filed 7-3-01; 8:45 am]
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