[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-3415]


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[Federal Register: February 15, 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. Apache 
Nitrogen Products, Inc., Civil Action No. CIV 92-382 TUC, was lodged on 
February 7, 1994, with the United States District Court for the 
District of Arizona. That action was brought against defendant pursuant 
to Sections 111(e) and 114 of the Clean Air Act (the ``Act''), 42 
U.S.C. 7411(e) and 7414, for civil penalties and injunctive relief in 
connection with defendant's operation of a nitric acid production 
facility. The decree requires the defendant to pay a civil penalty of 
$55,000 for alleged past violations of the Act, and to comply with 
specific emissions limits applicable to oxides of nitrogen 
(``NOX'').
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc., DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1-1438.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 110 South Church Street, Tucson, Arizona; at 
the Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 
Hawthorne, 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 requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (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. 94-3415 Filed 2-14-94; 8:45 am]
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