[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21496]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Clean Air Act Civil
Enforcement Action
In accordance with the Department Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a conset Decree in United States and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania v. Celotex Corporation, Civil Action No. 4CV-97-0256, was
lodged with the United States District Court for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania on July 30, 1998. The United States filed a complaint on
Febuary 20, 1997, against Celotex, alleging violations of the Clean Air
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., occurring at Celotex's fiberboard
manufacturing facility located in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. The United
States' compaint alleged that Celotex violated the Clean Air Act by
emitting air pollutants in excess of the standards for visible
emissions and fugitive emissions established in the federally-approved
and federally-enforceable Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan
(``SIP''). The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania intervened in the action
filed by the United States, alleging the same violations.
The proposed Consent Decree resolves Celotex's liability to the
United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for violations
alleged in the complaints. The Decree requires Celotex to: (1) make
modifications to and install air pollution control equipment at its
Sunbury facility; (2) comply with the fugitive and visible emissions
provisions of the Pennsylvania SIP; and (3) pay a civil penalty of
$200,000 to the United States and $200,000 to the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the
proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611; Ben Frankin station, Washington,
D.C. 22044 and refer to United States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
v. Celotex Corporation, DOJ No. 90-5-2-1-2112.
Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office
of the United States Attorney, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Federal
Building, Room 1162, 228 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylania; Region
III Office of EPA, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19107; 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.
When requesting a copying of the proposed Consent Decree, please
enclose a check to cover the twenty-five cents per page reproduction
costs payable to the ``Consent Decree Library'' in the amount of
$12.75, and please reference DOJ No. 90-2-1-2112.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Nature
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-21496 Filed 8-10-98; 8:45 am]
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