[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 56 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15308-15309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7170]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR 
Sec. 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 15, 1995, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. California Almond Growers Exchange 
d/b/a Blue Diamond Growers, Civil Action No. CIV-S-95-475-LKK-GGH, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of California. That action was brought pursuant to the Clean Air Act 
for Blue Diamond's failure to obtain a new source review permit and a 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit prior to construction of 
a facility in Sacramento, California, and operation of that facility 
without the permits and in non-compliance with the Clean Air Act. 
Pursuant to the Consent Decree, Blue Diamond must either obtain permits 
for its facility and comply with emissions limits in the consent decree 
and any permit that is issued, replace the facility in its entirety and 
comply with the Clean Air Act, or shut the facility down. In addition, 
Blue Diamond will pay an initial civil penalty of $437,000, and an 
additional $238,000 penalty if it does not shut down the facility.
    As provided in 28 CFR 50.7, the Department of Justice will receive 
comments from persons who are not named as parties to this action 
relating to the proposed Consent Decree for a period of thirty days 
from the date of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530. All 
[[Page 15309]] comments should refer to United States v. California 
Almond Growers Exchange d/b/a Blue Diamond Growers, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
1679.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 650 Capital Mall, Sacramento, California; the 
Region IX office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the amount of $6.50 for a copy of the consent decree 
(25 cents per page reproduction costs) payable to ``Consent Decree 
Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-7170 Filed 3-22-95; 8:45 am]
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