[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 39666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19284]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 Fed.
Reg. 19029, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. San Juan Cement Company, Inc., Civ. Action No. 96-1381
DRD (D.P.R.) was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of Puerto Rico on July 12, 1996. The proposed Consent Decree
resolves the United States' claims against San Juan Cement Company for
multiple violations of the New Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'')
of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7411 and 7414, as amended, and
regulations promulgated thereunder at 40 C.F.R. Part 60, at its cement
manufacturing operation located in Dorado, Puerto Rico. The Consent
Decree provides that San Juan Cement Company will pay a civil penalty
of $500,000, will construct and test a continuous opacity monitoring
system on an emission point at its portland cement plant and, should
the performance tests on this and/or on another emissions point yield
unsatisfactory results, will take measures EPA deems necessary to bring
the emissions points into compliance with the NSPS.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, written comments relating to
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should
refer to United States v. San Juan Cement Company, Inc. Civ. Action No.
96-1381 DRD (D.P.R.) DOJ # 90-5-2-1-1888.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Federal Office Building, Room 452, 150 Carlos
E. Chardon Ave., Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918; at the Region II Office
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York,
New York 10278; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W.,
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the
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 $5.75 (25
cents per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 96-19284 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]
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