In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in
Under the Consent Decree, defendant will pay the United States $110,000 in penalties. In addition, the defendant will implement five Supplemental Environmental Projects, or “SEPs,” at an estimated cost of $772,000. These SEPs include (1) Within ten months of entry of the Consent Decree and at a cost of no less than $375,000, the conversion of a refrigeration unit from use of chlorfluorocarbon-based refrigerant to hydrofluorocarbon-based refrigerant; (2) within seventeen months of entry of the Consent Decree and at a cost of no less than $300,000, the installation of an air emissions control system to reduce the release of ammonia; (3) within forty-five (45) days of entry of the Consent Decree and at a cost of no less than $35,000, the purchase of a “reverse 911” interactive notification system for the Hopewell Local Emergency Planning Committee; (4) within forty-five (45) days of entry of the Consent Decree and at a cost of no less than $20,000, the purchase of a skirted boom and trailer and associated training services for the Henrico Regional Hazardous Incident Team; and (5) within forty-five (45) days of entry of the Consent Decree and at a cost of no less than $42,000, the purchase of mass decontamination equipment and associated training for emergency response teams at two local medical centers, the John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell, VA and the Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, VA.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication. This notice was previously published in the
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 600 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Richmond, Virginia and at the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained by faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood, Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, fax no. (202) 616–6584; phone confirmation no. (202) 514–1547., There is a charge for the copy (25 cent per page reproduction cost). Upon requesting a copy, please mail a check payable to the “U.S. Treasury”, in the amount of $13.00. to: Consent Decree Library, U.S.