[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15517-15518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8557]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Fort Howard Corporation, Civil Action No. 96-C-350, has been 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Wisconsin on March 27, 1996.
    The Consent Decree resolves the claim alleged against defendant, 
For Howard Corporation (``Fort Howard''), under the Clean Air Act 
(``the Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. The proposed Consent Decree 
provides that Fort Howard shall not operate Boiler 8 at its facility 
located at 1919 South Broadway, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, 
above a heat input rate of 235 million British Thermal Units 
[``MMBTU''] per hour, and shall permanently and physically derate 
Boiler 8 such that it shall not be capable of operating at a heat input 
rate greater than 250 MMBTU. The proposed consent Decree also provides 
for the payment by Fort Howard of a civil penalty of $350,000 for its 
alleged failure to comply with the Act and with New Source Performance 
Standards for Sulfur Dioxide for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generators, 40 
C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart D.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments

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relating to the proposed consent Decree. Comments should be addressed 
to the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States v. Fort 
Howard Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-1893.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 517 E. 
Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, at the Office of Regional 
Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 200 
West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 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 also be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8557 Filed 4-5-96; 8:45 am]
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