[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9908]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air 
Act, Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
University of Rhode Island, Civil No. 01165ML was lodged on April 5, 
2001, with the United States District Court for District of Rhode 
Island.
    The consent decree settles claims alleged in the complaint for 
civil penalties and injunctive relief against the University of Rhode 
Island (``URI'') under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and regulations promulgated 
thereunder. The complaint sought injunctive relief and civil penalties 
against URI pursuant to section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7413(b); Section 311(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(b); and 
Sections 3008(a) and (g) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6928(a) and (g), for violations of the Clean Air 
Act, Clean Water Act, and RCRA and the regulations promulgated 
thereunder. The violations occurred at URI's campus located in 
Kingston, Rhode Island.
    Pursuant to the consent decree, URI will pay a civil penalty of 
$194,560. URI certifies that as of the date of its signature of the 
consent decree, it is in compliance with the provisions of the Clean 
Water Act, Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
that it is alleged to have violated in the complaint. URI shall also 
undertake a comprehensive environmental audit of its Kingston campus 
and undertake two supplemental environmental projects (``SEPs'') with a 
total cost of $550,000. The SEPs include construction of a state of the 
art hazardous waste storage facility and upgrades to septic systems in 
the environmentally sensitive area of Wickford Village, Rhode Island.
    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 Resource Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. University of Rhode Island, DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-928.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, for the District of Rhode Island, Westminster 
Square Building, 10 Dorrance Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903 
(401) 528-5477 (916); and the Region I Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, MA 02203 (617) 565-
3433. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained by mail 
from the 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 $26.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-9908 Filed 4-20-01; 8:45 am]
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