[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 8583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02527]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On January 31, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v. 
H. Kramer & Co., Civil Action No. 1:13-cv-00771.
    In the Complaint, the United States and the State of Illinois 
alleged that H. Kramer & Co. (``H. Kramer'') caused or contributed to 
emissions of air pollution that resulted in exceedances of the national 
ambient air quality standard for lead, failed to use good air pollution 
control practices for minimizing lead emissions, and caused a common 
law nuisance at its facility in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, 
Illinois. Under the consent decree, H. Kramer has agreed to install two 
new state-of-the-art baghouses, limit production of certain leaded 
alloys until the installation of the new baghouses is complete, pay a 
civil penalty of $35,000 (half to the United States and half to 
Illinois), and implement a $40,000 Supplemental Environmental Project 
to retrofit diesel school buses in the vicinity of the facility.
    The publication of this notice opens a period of public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States, et al. v. H. Kramer & Co., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-5-2-1-2177/2. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty 
(30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be 
submitted either by email or by mail:

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        To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By e-mail.........................  [email protected]
By mail...........................  Assistant Attorney General
                                    U.S. DOJ--ENRD
                                    P.O. Box 7611
                                    Washington, D.C. 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the consent decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check in the amount of $21.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-02527 Filed 2-5-13; 8:45 am]
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