[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58099-58100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28666]
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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 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that on October 31, 1995, a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Civil Action
No. CS-95-0468-JLQ, was lodged with the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Washington. This consent decree represents
a settlement of claims by the United States against Kaiser Aluminum for
violations of the Clean Air Act.
Under the settlement, Kaiser Aluminum will pay the United States a
civil penalty of $500,000. In addition, the Consent Decree requires
Kaiser Aluminum to come into compliance with the Clean Air Act. More
specifically, the Consent Decree requires Kaiser Aluminum to complete a
program of plant improvements and operational changes in order to bring
stack emissions from its melter and holder furnaces into compliance
with the opacity standard in the federally-approved Washington State
Implementation Plan or SIP by February 28, 1997, including installation
of a baghouse emission control system, new burners and computerized
combustion controls and new mass flow controls on the holders;
utilization of a new molten metal charging system and new skimming
procedures on the melters;
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and limitations on chlorine use. Stipulated penalties may be imposed in
the event Kaiser Aluminum does not comply with the requirements of the
Consent Decree.
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-
5-2-1-94-A.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Washington, Suite 300,
United States Courthouse, West 920 Riverside, Spokane, Washington 99210
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 enclose a check in the amount of $10.25 (25
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-28666 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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