[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 5209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1996]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Masonite Corporation, Civil Action No. C 95 0189 DLJ (N.D. Cal.), was 
lodged on January 17, 1995 with the United States District Court for 
the Northern District of California. In the complaint in that action, 
the United States seeks from defendant Masonite Corporation 
(``Masonite'') civil penalties and injunctive relief under Section 
113(b) of the Clean Air Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for 
Masonite's failure to obtain a prevention of significant deterioration 
permit before commencing construction activities for a major 
modification to its Ukiah, California facility and for violations of a 
permit governing operations of a boiler at the facility.
    The proposed consent decree requires Masonite to obtain a PSD 
permit, to comply with specified emissions limits and operating 
practices until issuance of the permit, to comply with the terms of its 
boiler permit, and to pay a civil penalty of $600,000.
    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; and 
refer to United States v. Masonite Corporation, DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1-
1847.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of California, 450 Golden 
Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102; 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, N.W., 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, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Cross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-1996 Filed 1-25-95; 8:45 am]
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