[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-20855]
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[Federal Register: August 25, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to The Clean Water
Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. E.I. Du
Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:93CV519, was
lodged on August 15, 1994 with the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division.
On October 15, 1993, the United States filed a Complaint pursuant
to Section 309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, against E.I. Du
Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., for effluent limit and monitoring
and reporting violations of its National Pollutant Discharge in
violation of Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a)
at the Defendant's Sabine River Works Facility in Orange, Texas.
Subsequently, the United States and E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and
Company, Inc., reached a settlement which resolves the issues set forth
in the Complaint. The settlement includes the payment of $514,430 in
civil penalties and implementation of a $3.2 million Supplemental
Environmental Project by E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., and
is embodied in a Consent Decree.
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,
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to
United States v. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., DOJ Ref.
No. 90-5-1-1-3266.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, U.S. Courthouse, Room 3900, 333 West Fourth
Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103; the Region VI Office of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202;
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. 2005. In
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $6.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-20855 Filed 8-24-94; 8:45 am]
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