[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 40 (Thursday, March 1, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 9359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-908]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Stipulation and Order Pursuant to Safe 
Drinking Water Act and Resource Recovery and Conservation Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 12, 2007, a proposed 
settlement in United States v. Martin Ain, Civil No. 04-2912, has been 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of New York.
    In this action, the United States sued Ain for violations of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (``SDWA''), 42 U.S.C. 300h, et seq., and the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act and the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 
(``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., in connection with the injection of 
fluids into wells on a property located at 257/259 Main Street, Town of 
Hempstead, New York, the failure to determine if contaminated soils and 
sludges were hazardous wastes and the failure to respond adequately to 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency information requests. Ain has come 
into compliance with SDWA and RCRA. The settlement requires Ain to pay 
a civil penalty of $80,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
settlement. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to U.S. v. Martin Ain, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-07662.
    The settlement may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, Eastern District of New York, 610 Federal Plaza, Central 
Islip, New York 11722, and at the Region II Office of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region II Records Center, 290 
Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866. During the public 
comment period, the settlement may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the settlement 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 (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#186c77767179367e747d7d6c6f77777c586d6b7c7772367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95e1fafbfcf4bbf3f9f0f0e1e2fafaf1d5e0e6f1faffbbf2fae3">[email protected]</span></a>), 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 $2.00 
(25 cents per page production cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if 
by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree 
Library at the stated address.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-908 Filed 2-28-07; 8:45 am]
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