[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 52529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25338]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act and 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 8, 1999, a proposed 
Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States v. Parish Chemical 
Company, Civil No. 2:97CV 0593B (D. Utah), was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Utah. The United States filed 
this action pursuant to the sections 112(r) and 113 of the Clean Air 
Act (``CAA''), for civil penalties and injunctive relief. The United 
States is also settling related claims for civil penalties for 
violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'').
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims against Parish Chemical 
Company (``PCC'') under sections 112(r) and 113 of the CAA and section 
3008 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6928, with respect to the Parish Chemical 
Company facility in Vineyard, Utah. Under the terms of the Decree PCC 
will meet the requirements of a compliance plan addressing general 
chemical storage practices at PCC's facility and pay a civil penalty to 
the United States in the amount of $100,000 for past violations.
    The Department of the Justice will receive for a period of thirty 
(30) days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
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 v. 
Parish Chemical Company, Civil No. 2:97CV 0593B (D. Utah), and D.J. 
Ref. # 90-11-2-1215.
    The Decree may be examined at the office of the U.S. Attorney for 
the District of Utah, 185 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84111, and at the U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, 
Superfund Records Center, Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202. A copy of the 
Decree may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent 
Decree Library, PO Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $9.50 for the Decree (25 
Cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Walter K. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25338 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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