[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 31213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5015]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act
In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on May
16, 2006, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Newly Weds
Foods, Inc., Civil Action No. 06 C 2706, was lodged with the United
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
In a Complaint filed on the same day as the lodging of the proposed
Consent Decree, the United States sought injunctive relief and civil
penalties for violations of the industrial refrigerant repair, record-
keeping, and reporting regulations at 40 CFR 82.152-82.166 (Recycling
and Emission Reduction) promulgated by the Environmental Protection
Agency (``EPA'') under Subchapter VI of the Act (Stratospheric Ozone
Protection), 42 U.S.C. 7671-7671q, at one or more of Newly Weds' eight
United States facilities, which are located in Chicago, Illinois;
Watertown, Massachusetts; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Cleveland,
Tennessee; Horn Lake, Mississippi; Springdale, Arkansas; Gerald,
Missouri; and Modesto, California. In the proposed Consent Decree,
Newly Weds agrees to (1) retrofit or retire all thirty-nine of its
industrial process refrigeration equipment systems at the eight United
States facilities that are designed to hold more than 50 pounds of
ozone depleting refrigerants at full charge with systems that use only
non-ozone depleting refrigerants by July 1, 2008 and (2) pay a $125,000
penalty to the United States.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days from the date of
this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, 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. Newly Weds Foods, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
07985.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 South
Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77
West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604. During the public comment period
the proposed Consent Decree may also be examined on the following
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A
copy of the proposed 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 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia
Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.50
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-5015 Filed 5-31-06; 8:45 am]
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