[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 6670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1731]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act and Under the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on January 8, 2000, a proposed consent decree in 
United States v. Rhode Island Technical Plating, Inc., Civil Action No. 
01-007L was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Rhode Island.
    In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and 
assessment of civil penalties in connection with the electroplating and 
metal finishing facility owned by Rhode Island Technical Plating 
(``RITP''), in Cranston, Rhode Island. The Complaint alleges that the 
defendant is liable under sections 3008(a) and 3008(g) of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'') and under Section 113(b) of 
the Clean Air Act. Pursuant to the decree, defendant will perform a 
RCRA facility investigation and take appropriate steps to bring its 
facility into compliance with applicable law. Defendant will also pay 
to the United States, a civil penalty of $20,000. This settlement is 
based, in part, on the Defendant's limited financial ability to pay.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed decree. 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 versus Rhode Island Technical Plating, Inc., Civil 
Action No. 01-007L, D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-06063.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Rhode Island, 150 South Main 
Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02906, and at U.S. EPA New England 
(Region 1), One Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts, 
02114-2023. 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. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Bruce S. Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-1731 Filed 1-19-01; 8:45 am]
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