[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 72 (Friday, April 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9124]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Action to Enjoin 
Violations of the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029, 
notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. 
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Civil Action No. C-96-1172 SAW, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of California on March 29, 1996.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims brought by the United States 
pursuant to the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., against the 
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation. The complaint alleges that Louisiana-
Pacific violated the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (``PSD'') 
Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 165(a) of the Clean Air 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7475(a), and codified at 40 CFR 52.21(a)-(w), when it 
failed to obtain a PSD permit prior to construction of a new recovery 
boiler at its Samoa, California pulp mill. The complaint also alleges 
that Louisiana-Pacific violated the emissions limits set forth in its 
Authority to Construct permit, issued by the State of California for 
the new recovery boiler.
    The Decree requires Louisiana--Pacific to pay a $97,500 civil 
penalty for violations of the PSD regulations. The Decree also requires 
Louisiana-Pacific to comply prospectively with the PSD regulations and 
to submit quarterly self-monitoring data for a period of one year after 
Louisiana-Pacific receives an approved PSD permit.
    The Department of Justice will receive for thirty (30) days from 
the date of publication of this notice written comments relating to the 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20530 and should refer to United States v. 
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-1758.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Northern District of California, Federal Building, 450 
Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California; at the Region IX Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, California; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
proposed consent decree may be obtained in person of by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 
20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and 
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. 96-9124 Filed 4-11-96; 8:45 am]
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