[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 52529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25338]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act and
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Notice is hereby given that on September 8, 1999, a proposed
Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Parish Chemical
Company, Civil No. 2:97CV 0593B (D. Utah), was lodged with the United
States District Court for the District of Utah. The United States filed
this action pursuant to the sections 112(r) and 113 of the Clean Air
Act (``CAA''), for civil penalties and injunctive relief. The United
States is also settling related claims for civil penalties for
violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'').
The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims against Parish Chemical
Company (``PCC'') under sections 112(r) and 113 of the CAA and section
3008 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6928, with respect to the Parish Chemical
Company facility in Vineyard, Utah. Under the terms of the Decree PCC
will meet the requirements of a compliance plan addressing general
chemical storage practices at PCC's facility and pay a civil penalty to
the United States in the amount of $100,000 for past violations.
The Department of the Justice will receive for a period of thirty
(30) days from the date of this publication comments relating to the
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to, United States v.
Parish Chemical Company, Civil No. 2:97CV 0593B (D. Utah), and D.J.
Ref. # 90-11-2-1215.
The Decree may be examined at the office of the U.S. Attorney for
the District of Utah, 185 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt Lake
City, UT 84111, and at the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street,
Superfund Records Center, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202. A copy of the
Decree may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent
Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.50 for the Decree (25
Cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Walter K. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25338 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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