[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50553-50554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21388]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7 notice is hereby given that on July 31, 
2003, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. E.F.I. DuPont De 
Nemours and Company (``DuPont''), Civil Action No. 5.03CV-175-R, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District 
of Kentucky.
    The Consent Decree resolves the government's claims for violations 
of the General Duty of Care provisions of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7412(r),

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with respect to DuPont's fluoroproducts plant in Louisville, Kentucky.
    The settlement provides for payment of $550,000 in civil penalties 
and performance of eight Supplemental Environmental Projects (``SEPs'') 
valued at $552,000. Under the proposed SEPs, DuPont will provide 
emergency response equipment and training for Local Emergency Planning 
Committees (``LEPCs''), provide a green buffer zone between its 
facility and the surrounding area, and contract with a community group 
in an environmental justice area to set up a website on environmental 
issues and ensure that the group can continue to run its information 
center which disseminates information on environmental issues.
    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, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. E.I.DuPont De Nemours and Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
2099/2.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth 
Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. During the public comment period, the 
Consent Decree, may also 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, PO 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 from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $14.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 03-21388 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]
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