[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 73585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33834]
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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 December 17, 1999, a proposed consent decree in
United States v. Titanium Metals Corporation, CV-9-98-00682-HDM (RLH)
(D. Nev.), was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of Nevada. The proposed consent decree would resolve pending
claims of the United States against Titanium Metals Corporation
(``TIMET''), in the above-referenced action.
The Complaint in the above-referenced civil action seeks injunctive
relief and civil penalties for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act,
42 U.S.C. Sec. 7413(b), at TIMET's titanium manufacturing plant in
Henderson, Nevada. The complaint alleges that TIMET installed a carbon
monoxide (``CO'') burner at its plant prior to obtaining either a
Prevention of Significant Deterioration or minor source permit. The
installation of the burner in reduced emissions of CO, but increased
the facility's potential to emit sulfur dioxide (``SO2'').
Under the proposed Decree, TIMET has agreed to install the Best
Available Control Technology to control SO2 emissions,
enforceable limits on CO and SO2 emissions, and payment of a
civil penalty of $430,000 over a two year period.
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,
United States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin
Station, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to United States
v. Titanium Metals Corporation, CV-8-87-00682 (D. Nev.), and the
Department of Justice Reference No. 90-5-2-1-2235.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Nevada, 701 East Bridger,
8th Floor, Las Vegas, NV 89101; and at the Region IX Office of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, CA 94105. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be
obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library,
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a copy, please refer
to DJ #90-5-2-1-2235, and enclose a check in the amount of $7.75 (31
pages at 25 cents per page for reproduction costs). Make checks payable
to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-33834 Filed 12-29-99; 8:45 am]
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