[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48412-48413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20670]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on July 29, 2003, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Western States Contracting, Inc., No. CV-S-
03-0896 PMP LRL, was lodged with the United States District Court for 
the District of Nevada.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims brought in a Complaint filed 
concurrently with the lodging of the Consent Decree. The Complaint 
alleges that defendant Western States Contracting, Inc. failed to 
comply with Clean Air Act requirements to control fugitive dust at 
construction projects in Clark County, Nevada.
    Under the proposed Consent Decree, Western States will pay a 
$40,000 civil penalty. In addition, Western States will commit to 
injunctive relief requiring that it implement necessary work practices 
to control dust emissions in the future and provide training in such 
practices to its employees.
    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, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Western States Contracting, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-
2-1-06992.
    The consent decree may be examined at the offices of U.S. EPA 
Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and at 
the Office of the United States Attorney, District of Nevada, 333 Las 
Vegas Blvd. So., 5000, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 (refer to USAO 
No.: 2000V00330). During the public comment period, the consent decree 
may be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: 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

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20044-7611, or by e-mailing or faxing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $5.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to 
the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-20670 Filed 8-12-03; 8:45 am]
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