[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52449-52450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25872]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7 notice is hereby given that on September 27, 
2001, a proposed Consent Decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States 
of America v. Knauf Fiber Glass GmbH, Civil Cause No.: IP-01-1445-CV-B/
S was lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern 
District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division.
    In this action the United States sought enforcement of the Clean 
Air Act and the State Implementation Plan (``Indiana SIP''), duly 
promulgated by the State of Indiana, for emission violations at the 
Knauf fiber glass manufacturing facilities located in Shelbyville, 
Indiana. The proposed Consent Decree resolves claims of the United 
States concerning Knauf's past violations of the emission standards, as 
established in the Indiana SIP, and the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7413(b), including, inter alia, emissions of particulate matter from 
the Line 205 furnace stack at the Shelbyville facility. Pursuant to the 
proposed Consent Decree, Knauf Fiber Glass GmbH will, among other 
requirements, develop and implement a Supplemental Environmental 
Project (``SEP'') providing for the installation and operation of 
equipment (approximately one year earlier than would otherwise be 
required by EPA regulations) that will decrease particulate matter, 
carbon monoxide, and NOX emissions. Also, under the proposed 
Consent Decree, Knauf Fiber Glass GmbH will pay $70,000 in civil 
penalties for violations of the Indiana SIP and the Clean Air Act.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 
7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should 
refer to United States v. Knauf Fiber Glass GmbH, Civil Cause No. IP-
01-1445-CV-B/S, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-06368.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 10 West Market Street, Suite 2100, 
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-3048 (contact Assistant United States 
Attorney Thomas Kieper at (317) 229-2400), and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 
14th Floor, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 
(contact Assistant Regional Counsel Padmavati Klejwa at (312) 353-
8917).
    A copy of the proposed 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 $5.75 ($.25 cents

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per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree Library.

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-25872 Filed 10-12-01; 8:45 am]
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