[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1113]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 
Clean Water Act, RCRA, CERCLA and EPCRA

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on December 28, 
2001, a Consent Decree in United States of America v. ATOFINA 
Chemicals, Inc., Civil Action No. 01-7807, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
    In the Complaint, the United States seeks injunctive relief and 
civil penalties against ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc. (hereinafter, 
``ATOFINA''), 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), section 309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, and 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6901 
et seq. for alleged violations at ATOFINA's chemical product 
manufacturing facilities in Axis, Alabama, Calvert City and Carrollton, 
Kentucky, Beaumont and Houston, Texas, and Piffard, New York.
    Under the settlement, ATOFINA will install pollution control 
technologies to reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds 
(``VOCs'') from process units at its Calvert City and Carrollton 
Kentucky facilities. In addition, ATOFINA will undertake various 
remedial measures to ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act. The 
settlement requires ATOFINA to pay a civil penalty of $1.9 million, and 
perform supplemental environmental projects totaling approximately 
$300,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. 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, et al., v. ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-
06426.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut 
Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106. A copy of the Consent 
Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, PO 
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In 
requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $12.50 (25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-1113 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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