[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 39666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19284]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 Fed. 
Reg. 19029, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. San Juan Cement Company, Inc., Civ. Action No. 96-1381 
DRD (D.P.R.) was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Puerto Rico on July 12, 1996. The proposed Consent Decree 
resolves the United States' claims against San Juan Cement Company for 
multiple violations of the New Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'') 
of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7411 and 7414, as amended, and 
regulations promulgated thereunder at 40 C.F.R. Part 60, at its cement 
manufacturing operation located in Dorado, Puerto Rico. The Consent 
Decree provides that San Juan Cement Company will pay a civil penalty 
of $500,000, will construct and test a continuous opacity monitoring 
system on an emission point at its portland cement plant and, should 
the performance tests on this and/or on another emissions point yield 
unsatisfactory results, will take measures EPA deems necessary to bring 
the emissions points into compliance with the NSPS.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, written comments relating to 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. San Juan Cement Company, Inc. Civ. Action No. 
96-1381 DRD (D.P.R.) DOJ # 90-5-2-1-1888.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Federal Office Building, Room 452, 150 Carlos 
E. Chardon Ave., Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918; at the Region II Office 
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, 
New York 10278; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
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 $5.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 96-19284 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]
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