[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 72 (Friday, April 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9124]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Action to Enjoin
Violations of the Clean Air Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029,
notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v.
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Civil Action No. C-96-1172 SAW, was
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District
of California on March 29, 1996.
The Consent Decree resolves claims brought by the United States
pursuant to the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., against the
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation. The complaint alleges that Louisiana-
Pacific violated the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (``PSD'')
Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 165(a) of the Clean Air
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7475(a), and codified at 40 CFR 52.21(a)-(w), when it
failed to obtain a PSD permit prior to construction of a new recovery
boiler at its Samoa, California pulp mill. The complaint also alleges
that Louisiana-Pacific violated the emissions limits set forth in its
Authority to Construct permit, issued by the State of California for
the new recovery boiler.
The Decree requires Louisiana--Pacific to pay a $97,500 civil
penalty for violations of the PSD regulations. The Decree also requires
Louisiana-Pacific to comply prospectively with the PSD regulations and
to submit quarterly self-monitoring data for a period of one year after
Louisiana-Pacific receives an approved PSD permit.
The Department of Justice will receive for thirty (30) days from
the date of publication of this notice written comments relating to the
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, DC 20530 and should refer to United States v.
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-1758.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, Northern District of California, Federal Building, 450
Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California; at the Region IX Office
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, California; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the
proposed consent decree may be obtained in person of by mail from the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC
20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and
enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 (25 cents per page reproduction
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-9124 Filed 4-11-96; 8:45 am]
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