[Federal Register: August 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 150)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under 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. Bassett 
Furniture Industries, Inc., C.A. No. 4:99-CV-0044, was lodged on July 
21, 1999, with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Virginia. The consent decree resolves violations of the 
visible emission limit and the particulate mass emission regulation 
provisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia's State Implementation Plan 
(``State SIP''). The violations occurred at several Bassett facilities 
located in

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Virginia. The subject provisions of the State Sip are federally-
enforceable pursuant to the Clean Air Act (``CAA'') and 40 CFR part 52.
    Under the consent decree, Bassett agreed to and has implemented 
remedial measures that have brought its facilities into compliance with 
the CAA and the State SIP. These measures include, but are not limited 
to, mailing specified repairs to boilers and installing new equipment 
on boilers at several of its Virginia facilities. Bassett has also 
agreed to perform two Supplemental Environmental Projects, which 
include installation and operation of pollution reduction equipment at 
several of its Virginia facilities and performance of a Pollution 
Prevention Assessment at four of its Virginia facilities. Further, 
Bassett has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $575,000.
    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, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc., DOJ Reference No. 90-5-2-
1-2210.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Suite One, Thomas B. Mason Building, 105 
Franklin Road, SW, Roanoke, Virginia 24011-2305; the Region III Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19103-2029; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
proposed decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 2005. In 
requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $15.25 (.25 cents per page production costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-20161 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]
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