[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58099-58100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28666]



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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 October 31, 1995, a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Civil Action 
No. CS-95-0468-JLQ, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Eastern District of Washington. This consent decree represents 
a settlement of claims by the United States against Kaiser Aluminum for 
violations of the Clean Air Act.
    Under the settlement, Kaiser Aluminum will pay the United States a 
civil penalty of $500,000. In addition, the Consent Decree requires 
Kaiser Aluminum to come into compliance with the Clean Air Act. More 
specifically, the Consent Decree requires Kaiser Aluminum to complete a 
program of plant improvements and operational changes in order to bring 
stack emissions from its melter and holder furnaces into compliance 
with the opacity standard in the federally-approved Washington State 
Implementation Plan or SIP by February 28, 1997, including installation 
of a baghouse emission control system, new burners and computerized 
combustion controls and new mass flow controls on the holders; 
utilization of a new molten metal charging system and new skimming 
procedures on the melters; 

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and limitations on chlorine use. Stipulated penalties may be imposed in 
the event Kaiser Aluminum does not comply with the requirements of the 
Consent Decree.
    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, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-
5-2-1-94-A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Washington, Suite 300, 
United States Courthouse, West 920 Riverside, Spokane, Washington 99210 
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 $10.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-28666 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]
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