[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33437-33438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16094]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Diversified Contractors, Inc. (D. Az.), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Arizona on May 29, 1997 (Civ 
97-1162 THX RCB). The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United 
States' claims against Diversified Contractors pursuant to section 
113(b) of the Clean Air Act for Diversified's failure to obtain a 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit before construction of 
its facility. The alleged violation occurred at a portable soil 
remediation/thermal treatment facility on the Ak-Chin Indian 
Reservation in Pinal County, Arizona. Under the Consent Decree, 
Diversified agrees to abide by limits on, among other things: the types 
of soils it can treat, the concentration of contaminants in those 
soils, hours of operation, emissions, and capacity. Diversified also 
agrees to pay a penalty of $44,800.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed settlement agreement. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and

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Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044; and refer to United States v. Diversified 
Contractors, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2059A.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, District of Arizona, 4000 United States 
Courthouse, Phoenix, AZ 85025 and at the office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 
94105; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $6.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-16094 Filed 6-18-97; 8:45 am]
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