[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3062]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
January 25, 2001 a proposed consent decree in United States v. The 
Michael's Furniture Company, Civil Action No. S-00-798 DFL GGH, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of California.
    In this action, which concerned the Michael's Furniture Company's 
facility in Sacramento, California, the United States alleged that the 
company initiated the construction, modification or operation of a 
stationary source of pollution without first obtaining the necessary 
permits from the local air district, failed to install the best 
available control technology, and exceeded the emission limitations in 
the permits that the company did obtain. The consent decree requires 
the company to pay a $185,500 penalty (plus interest) and, among other 
things, to (i) limit emissions of volatile organic compounds (``VOCs'') 
to 2,500 pounds per month and 7,500 pounds per quarter, (ii) operate 
its thermal oxidizer to achieve a 95 percent capture efficiency and 95 
percent destruction efficiency of VOCs, and (iii) apply for new permits 
to operate from the local air district that reflect the requirements 
established in the consent decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments on the proposed 
consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. The Michael's Furniture Company, Civil Action 
No. S-00-798 DFL GGH (E.D. Cal.), DOJ N0. 90-5-2-1-06556.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 501 ``I'' Street, Sacramento, CA, and may also 
be obtained my mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. To request a copy of 
the proposed consent decree by mail, please refer to United States v. 
The Michael's Furniture Company, Civil Action No. S-00-798 DFL GGH 
(E.D. Cal.), DOJ No. 90-5-2-06556, and enclose a check for the amount 
of $3.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-3062 Filed 2-5-01; 8:45 am]
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