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

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[Federal Register: August 11, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 154)]
[Notices]
[Page 43015]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr11au97-91]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on July 30, 1997, a
proposed consent decree in United States v. Board of Trustees of
Southern Illinois University, Civil Action No. 97-4247-JPG, was lodged
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Illinois.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and
civil penalties under section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
7413(b), for violations of the Illinois State Implementation Plan
(``SIP'') and the New Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'') for
Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units, 40 CFR part
60, Subpart Db., at the Central Steam Plant at Southern Illinois
University's Carbondale, Illinois, campus. Specifically, the Complaint
alleges that SIU violated two sections of the Illinois SIP: (1) 35
I.A.C. Sec. 212.202 relating to particulate matter emission
exceedances, and (2) 35 I.A.C. Sec. 201.144 relating to operating
without a permit, with respect to SIU's operation of three coal-fired
boilers at its Central Steam Plant. The Complaint also alleges that SIU
violated various provisions of the NSPS regulations applicable to its
natural gas-fired boiler at the Central Steam Plant. The proposed
consent decree provides for compliance testing in the form of stack
tests for three of SIU's boilers with respect to particulate emission
limits of the Illinois SIP. In addition, SIU will pay a civil penalty
of $150,000 for its violations of the Illinois SIP and the NSPS.
    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. Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, DOJ
Ref. # 90-5-2-1-2045.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Nine
Executive Drive, Suite 300, Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208; at U.S.
EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; and at the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC.
20005, (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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC. 20005. In requesting a copy
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount
of $5.25 (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. 97-21060 Filed 8-8-97; 8:45 am]
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