[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-18405]


[Federal Register: July 28, 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. Lassen 
Gold Mining, Inc., Civil Action No. CIV-S-94-1127 LKK (E.D. Cal.), was 
lodged on July 11, 1994 with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of California. In the complaint in that action, the 
United States seeks from defendant Lassen Gold Mining, Inc. 
(``Lassen'') civil penalties and injunctive relief under Sections 
113(b) and 111(e) of the Clean Air Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 
Secs. 7413(b) and 7411(e), for Lassen's failure to obtain permits 
before commencing certain construction activities and failure to 
provide notice of construction activities and the start of operations 
at Lassen's Hayden Hill open pit gold mine in Lassen County, 
California. The proposed consent decree requires Lassen to comply with 
the notice and permit requirements of the regulations implementing the 
Act, appoint an environmental manager, and to pay a penalty of 
$125,000.
    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, 
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044; be 
copied to Robert R. Klotz, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 Howard 
Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105; and refer to United States 
v. Lassen Gold Mining, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-1762.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, 555 Capitol 
Mall, Sacramento, California 95814; at the Region IX office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, 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 regarding a copy please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $3.75 (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. 94-18405 Filed 7-27-94; 8:45 am]
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