[Federal Register: August 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 152)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Stipulation and Order Pursuant to the Clean
Air Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice
is hereby given that a Stipulation and Order in United States v. Paul
Revere Transportation, LLC, Civil No. 06-cv-12297-GAO was lodged on
August 4, 2009, with the United States District Court for the District
of Massachusetts.
The Stipulation and Order resolves claims for civil penalties and
injunctive relief against Paul Revere Transportation, LLC under the
Clean Air Act and regulations promulgated thereunder. The complaint
sought injunctive relief and civil penalties against Paul Revere
Transportation, LLC pursuant to section 113 of the Clean Air Act, 42
U.S.C. 7413, for violations of the federally enforceable Massachusetts
idling regulation, found at 310 CMR 7.11(b). The violations occurred at
the Paul Revere facility located in Roxbury, Massachusetts. A jury
trial was held on this matter June 1, 2009, through June 8, 2009, and
the jury returned a verdict in favor of the United States, finding
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234 separate violations of the Clean Air Act and 310 CMR 7.11(b).
Pursuant to the Stipulation and Order, Paul Revere Transportation,
LLC will pay a civil penalty of $650,000 to resolve these violations.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the
Stipulation and Order. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
either e-mailed to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. Box
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should
refer to United States v. Paul Revere Transportation, LLC; Civil Action
No. 06-CA-12297-GAO, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-08849.
The proposed Stipulation and Order may be examined at the Office of
the United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 1 Courthouse
Way, Suite 9200, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, and at the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, New England Region I, One Congress
Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023. During the public
comment period, the proposed Stipulation and Order may also be examined
on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/
enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed Stipulation and
Order may be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood
(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $2.00 (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail
or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at
the stated address.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. E9-19019 Filed 8-7-09; 8:45 am]
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