[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-18405]
[Federal Register: July 28, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Lassen
Gold Mining, Inc., Civil Action No. CIV-S-94-1127 LKK (E.D. Cal.), was
lodged on July 11, 1994 with the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of California. In the complaint in that action, the
United States seeks from defendant Lassen Gold Mining, Inc.
(``Lassen'') civil penalties and injunctive relief under Sections
113(b) and 111(e) of the Clean Air Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C.
Secs. 7413(b) and 7411(e), for Lassen's failure to obtain permits
before commencing certain construction activities and failure to
provide notice of construction activities and the start of operations
at Lassen's Hayden Hill open pit gold mine in Lassen County,
California. The proposed consent decree requires Lassen to comply with
the notice and permit requirements of the regulations implementing the
Act, appoint an environmental manager, and to pay a penalty of
$125,000.
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,
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044; be
copied to Robert R. Klotz, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 Howard
Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105; and refer to United States
v. Lassen Gold Mining, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-1762.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, 555 Capitol
Mall, Sacramento, California 95814; 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,
NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC
20005. In regarding a copy please refer to the referenced case and
enclose a check in the amount of $3.75 (25 cents per page reproduction
costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-18405 Filed 7-27-94; 8:45 am]
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