[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3637]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Franklin Smelting & Refining Corp., Civil Action No. 97-0821, was 
lodged on February 4, 1997 with the United States District Court for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
    The complaint, filed contemporaneously with the lodging of the 
proposed consent decree, sought civil penalties and injunctive relief 
against Franklin Smelting & Refining Corporation (``Franklin 
Smelting'') under the Clean Air Act. The complaint alleged that 
Franklin Smelting has violated the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 
et seq., and the Pennsylvania Implementation Plan.
    Under the proposed consent decree, Franklin Smelting has agreed to 
install and operate pollution control equipment, including building 
enclosures and baghouse systems at its facility at Castor Avenue of 
Richmond Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and pay $50,000 in civil 
penalties. The settlement is based on a demonstration by Franklin 
Smelting of its financial inability to pay the United States for any 
additional civil penalties.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC 20530-0001 and should refer to United States v. Franklin Smelting & 
Refining Corp., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2041.
    The proposed consent decrees may be examined at the United States 
Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut 
Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106-4476; Region III Office of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19107-4431; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 ``G'' 
Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of 
the proposed decrees may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library at the address listed above. In requesting a 
copy, please refer to the referenced case and number, and enclose a 
check in the amount of $30.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-3637 Filed 2-12-97; 8:45 am]
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