[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62258-62259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29493]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of First Amendment to Consent Decree in United 
States v. Louisiana-Pacific, Inc. and Kirby Forest Industries, Inc.

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, (38 FR 19029, 
March 29, 1984), notice is hereby given that a proposed First Amendment 
to Consent Decree in United States v. Louisiana-Pacific, Inc. and Kirby 
Forest Industries, Inc., Civil Action No. 93-0869, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on 
October 6, 1995.
    The original Consent Decree in this action, lodged on May 24, 1993 
and entered by the Court on September 30, 1993, required the 
installation of improved pollution control devices at fourteen 
Louisiana-Pacific, and Kirby Forest Industries' plants located in 
eleven states. The Decree also required Defendants to conduct an 
environmental audit of all of their facilities and management and to 
employ corporate and plant environmental managers responsible for 
compliance with environmental statutes at their wood panel plants.
    The First Amendment to Consent Decree reflects changes resulting 
from additional experience with and analysis of the Regenerative 
Thermal Oxidation (``RTO'') pollution control devices required by the 
Decree, from testing which determined that additional Louisiana-Pacific 
facilities were major emitting facilities under the Clean Air Act, thus 
requiring the installation of RTOs, and from permitting, construction 
scheduling and other developments since entry of the original Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for thirty (30) days from 
the date of publication of this notice, written comments relating to 
the proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree. Comments should be 
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to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530 and should 
refer to United States v. Louisiana-Pacific, Inc. and Kirby Forest 
Industries, Inc., D.O.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-1823.
    The proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree may be examined at 
the office of the United States Attorney, 705 Jefferson Street, Room 
305, Lafayette, Louisiana, 70501; the Region VI Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite 
1200, Dallas, Texas 75202; 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 First Amendment to 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 refer to 
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.25 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel Gross,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 95-29493 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]
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