Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 17/09/1996

Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, (``Act''), notice is hereby given of a proposed partial consent decree, which was lodged with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'') on August 23, 1996, in a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund. This lawsuit, which was filed pursuant to section 304(a) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7604(a), concerns, among other things, EPA's alleged failure to meet a mandatory deadline under section 608(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act. The proposed partial consent decree provides that EPA shall take certain regulatory actions under section 608(a)(2) in accordance with specified schedules. For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the proposed partial consent decree from persons who were not named as parties to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of Justice may withhold or withdraw consent to the proposed partial consent decree if the comments disclose facts or circumstances that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, improper,