[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 93 (Monday, May 16, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11808]


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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 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Appleton, Papers Inc., Civil No. 92 C-0962, was lodged on May 3, 1994 
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Wisconsin.
    The Consent Decree provides penalties and injunctive relief for 
defendant's violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., 
the General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of 
Pollution, 40 CFR part 403, and provisions of a local pretreatment 
program established by the City of Appleton. The Consent Decree 
requires defendant to implement a comprehensive compliance program, and 
pay to the United States a civil penalty of $670,000, plus interest 
from the date of lodging of the decree, for its past violations of the 
Clean Water Act.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Appleton Papers, Inc. (E.D. Wisc.) and DOJ Ref. No. 
90-5-1-1-3879.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following 
offices:
    (1) The Office of the United States Attorney, Eastern District of 
Wisconsin, Federal Building, room 330, 517 E. Wisconsin Avenue, 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (53202);
    (2) The Region V office of U.S. EPA, 77 West Jackson Blvd., 
Chicago, Illinois (60604-3590); and
    (3) 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 enclose a check in 
the amount of $3.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to 
``Consent Decree Library.''
John C. Cruden,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-11808 Filed 5-13-94; 8:45 am]
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