[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10489-10490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5190]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is hereby given that on February 14, 
2003, a proposed consent decree (``consent decree'') in United States 
v. Chicago Specialties, L.L.C., Civil Action No. 03C 0864, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Illinois. This consent decree resolves claims against Chicago 
Specialties, L.L.C., for violations of the Clean Air Act, the Clean 
Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
    In this action the United States sought penalties and injunctive 
relief for violations under the Clean Air Act of the Illinois State 
Implementation Plan (the ``SIP''), violations of the National Emission 
Standards for Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Synthetic 
Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (``HON'' or ``HON 
regulations''), 40 CFR part 63, subparts F, G and H, violations of the 
Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (``SPCC'') standards, 40 
CFR 112.7, and violations of RCRA waste-handling and record-keeping 
requirements in Illinois' EPA-authorized program. Under the terms of 
the consent decrees, Chicago Specialties agrees to shutdown its 
paracresol process, perform supplemental environmental projects (SEPs) 
valued at $310,000, pay $100,000 in civil penalties (half to the United 
States and half to the State of Illinois) and reimburse the State of 
Illinois for $71,000 in costs incurred in connection with the Facility. 
The decision to shutdown the paracresol process was a business decision 
made by Chicago Specialties, as an alternative to installing pollution 
controls.

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    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of 30 days from 
the date of this publication comments relating to the consent decrees. 
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. Chicago Specialties, L.L.C., Civil Action No. 03 C 
0864, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-06918.
    The consent decrees may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604, 
and at U.S. EPA Region V, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 
60604. During the public comment period, the consent decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice website, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. 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 or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy of the consent decree, please enclose a check in the 
amount of $53.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable tot he 
U.S. Treasury for the consent decree with attachments, or $11.00 for 
the consent decree without attachments.

William Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-5190 Filed 3-4-03; 8:45 am]
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