[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57654-57655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27904]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that on October 14, 1999, a consent decree was lodged in 
United States v. Southdown, Inc., Civil Action No. 99-1674, with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
    This consent decree resolves alleged violations of Section 113(b) 
of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), at Southdown, Inc's cement 
manufacturing facility in Wampum, Pennsylvania. The claims settled 
include alleged violations of limitations on visible and fugitive 
emissions imposed by the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (SIP). 
The consent decree provides for a civil penalty of $475,000, a 
Supplemental Environment Project (SEP) that requires Southdown to spend 
at least $75,000 to pave at least 11,810 square feet of dirt roads, and 
comprehensive injunctive relief, including the installation of new 
emissions control equipment and the identification and elimination of 
fugitive emissions to the full extent required by law.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree for a period of thirty days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General,

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Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United States v. Southdown, 
Inc., DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-2231. The proposed Consent Decree may be 
examined at the office of the United States Attorney, Western District 
of Pennsylvania, 633 U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, 7th Avenue and 
Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Copies of the consent decree 
may also be examined at the offices of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 
A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the 
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, DC 20044. When requesting a copy by mail, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $14.00 (twenty-five 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 99-27904 Filed 10-25-99; 8:45 am]
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