[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 239 (Friday, December 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65443-65444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32478]


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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. 
Kirkwood Gas and Electric Company, (E.O. Cal.) was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on 
November 18, 1997 (CIV-S-97-2164, DFL PAN). The proposed Consent Decree 
resolves the United States' claims against Kirkwood Gas and Electric 
Company (KG&E) pursuant to Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act for 
KG&E's failure to obtain a Prevention of Significant Deterioration 
permit before construction of its facility. The alleged violation 
occurred at the diesel generator facility at Kirkwood Ski and Summer 
Resort in Alpine County, California. Under the Consent Decree, KG&E 
agrees to install a selective catalytic reduction control system and a 
continuous emission monitor to monitor emissions of oxides of nitrogen, 
to conduct source testing and to practice good air pollution control 
practices. KG&E also agrees to raise the height of its powerhouse 
exhaust stacks. KG&E also agrees to pay a penalty of $13,671.
    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, 
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044; and 
refer to United States v. Kirkwood Gas and Electric Company, DOJ Ref. # 
90-5-2-1-2123.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, 650 Capitol 
Mall, Sacramento, California 95814 and at the office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 
California 94105; and at the

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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 $5.50 (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. 97-32478 Filed 12-11-97; 8:45 am]
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