[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2035]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice
is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v.
Kalama Chemical, Inc., Civil Action No. C-95-5522-FDB, was lodged on
January 7, 1997 with the United States District Court for the Western
District of Washington. The consent decree settles several claims
brought against Kalama Chemical, Inc. (``KCI'') under the Clean Air Act
(``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401, et seq., for violations of the NESHAPs
for asbestos and benzene and the New Source Performance Standards at
KCI's facility located in Kalama, Washington. Under the proposed
consent decree, KCI will pay a civil penalty of $370,000 to the United
States and a civil penalty of $185,000 to the Southwest Air Pollution
Control Authority which brought a separate suit against KCI pursuant to
the Washington Clean Air Act. Further, the consent decree provides that
KCI will undertake six Supplemental Environmental Projects designed to
eliminate or reduce air pollution. Among other things, KCI will install
emission control equipment that will remove approximately 28 tons of
volatile organic compounds (``VOCs''), primarily benzene and toluene,
and 1,050 tons of carbon monoxide (``CO''). These projects are
estimated to cost KCI at least $1,351,838.
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, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Kalama Chemical, Inc., DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1-1766.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 3600 Seafirst Fifth Avenue Plaza, 800 Fifth
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104; the Region X Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington
98101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th
Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005.
In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $17.50 (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. 97-2035 Filed 1-27-96; 8:45 am]
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