[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7254-7255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3827]


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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 C.F.R. 50.7, and Section 
113(g) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given 
that on February 3, 1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Aluminum Finishing Corporation, Civil Case No. IP95-1703-CD-M/S, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. This consent decree represents a 
settlement of claims against Aluminum Finishing Corporation (``AFC'') 
for violations of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), and its 
implementing regulations, the Indiana State Implementation Plan 
(``SIP''). The complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties 
for the AFC's operation of a metal parts and products coating operation 
in Indianapolis, Indiana, at which it caused, allowed or permitted the 
continued discharge of volatile organic compounds in excess of the 
emission limitations set forth in the Indiana SIP, in continued 
violation of the Clean Air Act and the Indiana SIP.
    Under this settlement, AFC will pay the United States a civil 
penalty of

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$50,000. In addition, the Consent Decree requires AFC to comply with 
the Clean Air Act and, in particular, to install and operate a thermal 
oxidizer to eliminate AFC's discharges of excess volatile organic 
compounds. The consent decree also requires monitoring, reporting and 
recordkeeping to ensure AFC will continue to comply and allow EPA to 
monitor AFC's compliance.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Aluminum Finishing Corporation, D.J. No. 90-5-2-1-
1913.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis 
Division, 46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana; at the Region 5 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Blvd. 
Chicago, Illinois; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $5.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-3827 Filed 2-14-97; 8:45 am]
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