[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 42 (Thursday, March 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4972]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air 
Act, Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
California Office of State Printing, Civil No. CS-00-294-DFL/PAN was 
lodged on February 11, 2000, with the United States District Court for 
Eastern District of California.
    The consent decree settles claims for civil penalties and 
injunctive relief against the California Office of State Printing 
(``OSP'') under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act and regulations promulgated thereunder. 
The complaint sought injunctive relief and civil penalties against OSP 
pursuant to Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b); 
Sections 309(b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319 (b) and 
(d); and Sections 3008(a) and (g) of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6928(a) and (g), for violations of 
the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and RCRA and the regulations 
promulgated thereunder, including the Sacramento Metropolitan Air 
Quality Management District (``SMAQMD'') Rules 201 (formerly numbered 
as Rule 50), 202, 441, and 450 and title 22 of the California Code of 
Regulations, Sections 66262.10 to 66262.70. The violations occurred at 
the State Printing facility located at 344 North 7th Street, 
Sacramento, California.
    Pursuant to the consent decree, OSP will pay a civil penalty of 
$320,500 and will operate under interim emission limits set forth in 
the consent decree until OSP's application for permits from the SMAQMD 
has been resolved. OSP will also certify that it is in compliance with 
the provisions of the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act that it violated.
    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, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. California Office of State Printing, DOJ Ref. # 90-7-1-900.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, for the Eastern District of California, 650 
Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 554-2766; and the Region IX 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 
Francisco, CA. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained by 
mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 
20044. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and 
enclose a check in the amount of $6.50 (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. 00-4972 Filed 3-1-00; 8:45 am]
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