[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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