[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3828]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas was lodged on January 30, 
1997 with the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
Texas. The proposed Consent Decree requires Formosa to pay a $150,000 
civil penalty and conduct a Supplemental Environmental Project at its 
Point Comfort, Texas facility. The Supplemental Environmental Project 
includes the replacement of two ethylene dichloride cracking furnaces 
at Formosa's facility before the end of the useful life of the 
furnaces. Replacement of the furnaces before the end of the useful life 
of the equipment will reduce emissions from existing furnaces and 
reduce the amount of hazardous waste generated by the furnaces.
    Contemporaneously with lodging the Consent Decree, the United 
States filed an action against Formosa pursuant to the Clean Air Act, 
42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq, the Standards of Performance for New Stationary 
Sources, 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart VV, and the National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, 40 C.F.R. Part 61, Subparts F, 
V, and FF. This action is based upon violations that occurred at 
Formosa's facility located in Point Comfort, Texas (``Formosa's 
facility'').
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
Civil Action No. 97-287, United States v. Formosa Plastics Corporation, 
Texas, DOJ Reference Number 90-5-2-1-2005.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region VI Office 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue 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 
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 $4.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-3828 Filed 2-14-97; 8:45 am]
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