[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7944]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on March 12, 1998 a 
proposed consent decree in United States, et al. v. Stone Container 
Corporation, Civil Action No. CV 96-017-M, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Montana.
    In this action, the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief under Section 113 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7413, for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act committed at Stone 
Container Corporation's (``Stone'') kraft pulp mill and liner board 
facility near Missoula, Montana. The proposed consent decree provides 
for payment of a civil penalty in the amount of $312,500 and requires 
Stone's compliance with certain provisions of the Montana State 
Implementation Plan and certain provisions of the Montana State 
Implementation Plan and certain New Source Performance Standards set 
forth at 40 CFR Part 60. The proposed consent decree also requires 
Stone to study and revise correlation equations necessary for 
determining Stone's compliance with its mass emissions limits for 
particulates. Three citizens groups, Montana Coalition for Health, 
Environmental and Economic Rights, Inc., Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers, 
Inc. and Native Forest Network, Inc., also are parties to the proposed 
consent decree.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States, et al. v. Stone Container Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-
1-1975.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 2929 Third Ave. North, Western Federal Savings 
and Loan Building, Suite 400, Billings, Montana 59101, at U.S. EPA 
Region Eight, 999 18th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 2005, (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 enclose a check in the amount of $11.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-7944 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]
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