[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17656]



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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 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on June 30, 1995, a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Bio-Energy Corporation, Civil No. 95-327-JD, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 
resolve this matter. The proposed Consent Decree concerns the alleged 
violation by Bio-Energy at its West Hopkinton facility of the Clean Air 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7475, and the regulations for the Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration (``PSD'') found at 40 CFR 51.21, and 
incorporated into the New Hampshire State Implementation Plan at 40 CFR 
51.1529. Bio-Energy constructed and operated a wood-fired boiler 
without obtaining a major source PSD permit.
    Under the terms of the Consent Decree, Bio-Energy will pay a civil 
penalty of $100,000. Bio-Energy has installed equipment to reduce its 
carbon monoxide and particulate matter emissions. Bio-Energy agrees to 
maintain these improvements and comply with the terms of a permit to 
operate issued by the State of New Hampshire.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Bio-Energy Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-
5-2-1-1131.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region 1 Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, One Congress Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts or the Office of the United States Attorney for the 
District of New Hampshire, 55 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire. 
Copies of the Consent Decree may be examined at the Environmental 
Enforcement Section Document Center, 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 Document Center. 
In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $3.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost 
excluding attachments) made payable to Consent Decree Library.
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Section Chief, Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-17656 Filed 7-18-95; 8:45 am]
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