[Federal Register: August 4, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 149)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Settlement Agreement Pursuant to the Clean 
Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Stipulation and Settlement Agreement in 
United States v. New York City School Construction Authority, et al., 
No. 98 Civ. 5095, was lodged on July 21, 1998 in the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of New York.
    The Stipulation and settlement Agreement resolves the United 
States' claims, pursuant to Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7412, against eight (8) parties for civil penalties arising out of the 
removal of asbestos from certain public schools in New York City during 
1993 and 1994. Under the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement, the 
United States will receive $138,000 in 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 Stipulation and Settlement Agreement. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 
20530, and should refer to United States v. New York City School 
Construction Authority, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-1933.
    The proposed Stipulation and Settlement Agreement may be examined 
at the Office of the United States Attorney, 100 Church Street, New 
York, New York; the Region II Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 
624-0892. A copy of the proposed Stipulation and Settlement Agreement 
may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. 
In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check made payable to the Consent Decree Library in the amount of $4.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction costs).
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-20681 Filed 8-3-98; 8:45 am]
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