[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52574-52575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26656]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR
50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United
States v. Stone Container Corp., Civ. No. CIV-97-1971-PHX-EHC, was
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of
Arizona, on September 23, 1997. That action was brought against
defendant pursuant to the Clean Water Act (``the
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Act'') for penalties and injunctive relief as a result of unauthorized
discharges from Stone Container Corp's (Stone) pulp and paper mill,
located in Snowflake, AZ, into Dry Lake and Twin Lakes, two playa lakes
on its property. The proposed consent decree requires Stone, inter
alia, to cease all discharge to Dry Lake by January 1, 1997, which it
did, to remediate Dry Lake allowing it to return to its natural state,
and to pay a civil penalty of $375,000. In addition, Stone will use its
mill effluent to fertilize and irrigate a ``biomass plantation'' it has
created on its property to grow trees and other crops. Stone must
operate this biomass plantation in accordance with best management
practices set forth in the decree, which among other things, allow the
discharge of mill effluent into Twin Lakes under certain limited
conditions.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed consent decree for a period of 30 days from the date of this
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department
of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530. All comments should refer to United
States v. Stone Container Corp., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-3208.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, 4000 United States
Courthouse, 230 N. First Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85025, at the Region IX
office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, California 94105, 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. In requesting a copy, please enclose a
check in the amount of $14.75 for the decree (25 cents per page
reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library. When
requesting a copy, please refer to United States v. Stone Container
Corp., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-3208.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-26656 Filed 10-7-97; 8:45 am]
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