[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 2444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-925]


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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 December 27, 
2000, a proposed Consent Decree in United States and People of the 
State of Illinois v. Archer Daniels Midland Company, Civil Action No. 
00-2338, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Central District of Illinois.
    In this action the United States and the People of the State of 
Illinois seek civil penalties and injunctive relief against Archer 
Daniels Midland Company (``ADM'') pursuant to Section 113(b) of the 
Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) (1983), amended by, 42 
U.S.C. 7413(b) (Supp. 1991), for alleged violations at ADM's Wet Corn 
Mill Plant located in Decatur, Illinois. Under the settlement, ADM will 
install venturi scrubbers at fiber feed dryers 5 and 6 at the Wet Corn 
Mill Plant which will reduce emissions of particulate matter (``PM''). 
In addition, ADM will pay a civil penalty of $1,463,500, to be equally 
shared between the United States and the State of Illinois.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 2044-7611, and should refer to United 
States and People of the State of Illinois v. Archer Daniels Midland 
Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-2035/1.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, 600 E. Monroe 
Street, Springfield, Illinois 62705, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. A copy of the Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Bruce Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-925 Filed 1-10-01; 8:45 am]
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