Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 224 / Thursday, November 20, 1997 / Notices 62073

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to The Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’)

Consistent with the policy set forth in

the Department of Justice regulations at

28 C.F.R. § 50.7, notice is hereby given

that on October 30, 1997, a proposed

Consent Decree was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

Southern District of Indiana, New

Albany Division, in United States v.

Essroc Cement Corporation

(‘‘ESSROC’’), Cause No. NA 97–130–C–

H/G, settling claims asserted by the

United States, on behalf of the United

States Environmental Protection

Agency, pursuant to Section 113 of the

Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9613. The

claims arose in connection with

operation of ESSROC’s portland cement

manufacturing facility in Speed,

Indiana.

The Consent Decree requires ESSROC

to pay $300,000 in civil penalties for

alleged violation of the particulate

matter and opacity emission limitations

and other provisions in the New Source

Performance Standards (‘‘NSPS’’) for

Portland Cement Plants at 40 CFR Part

60, Subpart F and the NSPS General

Provisions at 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart

A. The Decree also requires compliance

with certain NSPS requirements for

reporting excess emissions, found at 50

CFR §§ 60.13(h), 60.7(c)(1) and 60.63(d).

The Department of Justice will receive

written comments relating to the

proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30)

days from the date of publication of this

notice. Comments should be directed to

the Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. Essroc Cement

Corporation, DOJ Reference # 90–5–2–

1–2090.

The proposed Consent Decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Southern District

of Indiana, U.S. Courthouse, 5th Floor,

46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis,

Indiana 46204, at the Region V offices

of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604–3590, and at the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005, (202) 624–0892. A copy of the

proposed Consent Decree may be

obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library. In requesting a

copy, please enclose a check in the

amount of $2.25 (25 cents per page

reproduction cost) payable to the

Consent Decree Library.

Bruck S. Gelber,

Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement

Section.

[FR Doc. 97–30538 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act

(CERCLA)

In accordance with Departmental

policy, 28 CFR § 50.7, and with Section

122 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9622, notice

is hereby given that a consent decree in

United States v. National Wood

Preservers, Inc. et al., Civ. Action No.

96–CV–5269 (E.D. Pa.) was lodged on

October 23, 1997 with the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania. The consent decree

resolves the claims of the United States

under Sections 107(a), and 113(g) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), for

reimbursement of response costs

incurred at the Havertown PCP

Superfund Site located in Haverford

Township, Delaware County,

Pennsylvania and for declaratory

judgment as to liability that will be

binding in actions to recover further

response costs related to the Site. The

consent decree obligates Donald

Goldstein to reimburse $32,000 of the

United States’ response costs.

The Department of Justice will

receive, for a period of thirty (30) days

from the date of this publication,

comments relating to the consent

decree. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General for the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. National Wood

Preservers, Inc. et al., DOJ Ref. # 90–11–

3–1680.

The consent decree may be examined

at the office of the United States

Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street,

Philadelphia, PA; the Region III Office

of the Environmental Protection

Agency, 841 Chestnut Street,

Philadelphia, PA; and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW 4th

Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202)

624–0892. A copy of the CERCLA may

be obtained in person or by mail from

the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20005. In requesting a copy please refer

to the referenced case and enclose a

check in the amount of $6.50 (25 cents

per page reproduction cost), payable to

the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,

Environment and Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97–30539 Filed 11–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Partial Consent

Decree Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that on October

30, 1997, a proposed partial consent

decree in United States v. North

American Group Ltd., et al., Civil

Action No. 3:97–CV–191–H was lodged

with the United States District Court for

the Western District of North Carolina.

The partial consent decree resolves

claims under 107(a) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a), as

amended, against The North American

Group Ltd., North American

Environmental Corp., Federal

Environmental Services, Federal

Services, M.D. Babcock, Speer Mabry IV

and Mark Odum, for response costs that

were incurred by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency in

connection with the release and

threatened release of hazardous

substances at the Cherokee Site (‘‘Site’’)

in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The proposed consent decree

provides that the aforementioned

settling defendants will pay $400,000

according to a payment schedule set

forth in the partial consent decree. The

proposed consent decree also requires

the settling defendants to pay $15,000 as

a civil penalty for violating Section

104(e)(5) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.

§ 9604(e)(5), for failing to comply with

two information requests issued by EPA.

The Department of Justice will receive

for a period of thirty (30) days from the

date of this publication comments

relating to the partial consent decree.

Comments should be addressed to the

Assistant Attorney General of the

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. North American

Group Ltd., et. al. D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–

1173

The partial consent decree may be

examined at the Office of the United

States Attorney, Suite 1700 Carillon

Building, 227 West Trade St., Charlotte,