[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 1803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-189]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air 
Act; J.F. Shea, Inc.

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. J.F. 
Shea, Inc., Civil Action No. 94-2100 GEB (E.D. Calif.), was lodged on 
December 21, 1994, with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of California. This is a civil action against J.F. 
Shea, Inc., under Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 
U.S.C. 7413(b), for violation of provisions of the Act and of the 
regulations for New Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'') applicable 
to owners and operators of hot mix asphalt facilities, 40 CFR Part 60, 
Subpart I.
    The violations of the NSPS regulations involved emissions of 
excessive particulate matter at J.F. Shea, Inc.'s hot mix asphalt 
facility at Redding, California. The Complaint sought civil penalties 
and injunctive relief to ensure future compliance with the NSPS 
regulations. Under the Consent Decree, J.F. Shea will pay a civil 
penalty of $100,000. J.F. Shea is required by the Consent Decree to 
conduct a source performance test within one year to establish 
continued compliance with the applicable particulate matter emission 
limitation.
    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. J.F. Shea, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-1904.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, 555 Capitol 
Mall, Suite 1550, Sacramento, California 95814; 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 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.
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-189 Filed 1-4-95; 8:45 am]
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