Pollution control; consent judgments: Crozer Chester Medical Center et al.,

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Federal Register: March 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 49)NoticesPage 12820From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, please be advised that a proposed Consent Decree was lodged on February 24, 1999, in United States v. Crozer Chester Medical Center, et al., C.A. No. 97- CV-4376, with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The Consent Decree resolves litigation brought by the United States under Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for alleged violations of the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (``SIP''). At issue were emissions and operating practices at a hospital waste incinerator (``HWI''). Defendants voluntarily shut down the incinerator shortly before the lawsuit was filed, and have since permanently closed the HWI.

Under the Consent Decree, Defendant Eastern Power Corporation (now known as Statoil Energy Power, Inc.) will pay a civil penalty of $250,000. Defendant Crozer Chester Medical Center (``Crozer'') will perform a Supplemental Environmental Project (``SEP'') estimated to cost $250,000. Under the SEP, Crozer will institute an asthma detection program for first, sixth, and eleventh grade students in the Chester- Uplands public school system. All students diagnosed as asthmatic will be enrolled in an Asthma Management Program designed to increase students' exercise capacity and reduce: time lost from school; nocturnal asthma; emergency room visits; and effects from medications.

Any comments on the proposed Consent Decree 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. Crozer Chester Medical Center, et al., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2110. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut Street, Twelfth Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106, and the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 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., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. The proposed Consent Decree contains 51 pages, including the attachment describing the SEP. To obtain the Consent Decree, with the attachment, please enclose a check for $12.75. Please make the check payable to the Consent Decree Library, and refer to the case by its title and DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2110. Joel Gross, Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division.

FR Doc. 99-6233Filed3-12-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4410-01-M

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