[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17199-17200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7766]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy codified at 28 CFR 
50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 20, 2001, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Viktron, L.P., et al., Civ. Action No. 00-C-
1632, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Illinois. The Consent Decree represents a settlement of the 
United States' claims under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq., for injunctive relief and civil penalties against Viktron, L.P. 
and its general partner Electronic Support Systems Corporation 
(``Settling Defendants'') for alleged violations of Sections 301 and 
307 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1317, the General Pretreatment 
Standards codified at 40 CFR 403, the Pretreatment Standards for New 
Sources (``PSNS''), Metal Finishing Point Source Category, codified at 
40 C.F.C. 433, Subpart A, and the terms and conditions of Viktron's 
Industrial User Permit and an Administrative Order issued by EPA 
pursuant to Sections 308(a) and 309(a)(3) of Act, 33 U.S.C. 1318(a) and 
1319(a)(3). The alleged violations occurred at Viktron's metal 
finishing facility in West Chicago, Illinois, which discharged 
pollutants into the West Chicago publicly owned treatment works, owned 
and operated by the City of West Chicago. Under the terms of the 
proposed ability-to-pay Consent Decree, Settling Defendants agree to 
pay a civil penalty of $150,000 in installments over three years, plus 
interest, and commit to pay up to an additional $50,000 in civil 
penalties depending on Viktron's sales over the next three years. Full 
payment of these amounts will discharge all claims alleged in the 
complaint. No injunctive relief is necessary because the Settling 
Defendants are no longer in operation and no longer own the West 
Chicago facility.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Viktron, L.P., et al. Civ. Action No. 
00-C-1632; D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-06834.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60604, 
and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590. A copy of the 
Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. In requesting a copy of the Consent Decree, please enclose 
a

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check payable to the Consent Decree Library in amount of $3.50 (14 
pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost).

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-7766 Filed 3-28-01; 8:45 am]
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