[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4213]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on February 12, 
2004, a proposed consent decree in United States v. J.R. Simplot 
Company, Case No. CV-S-04-0162-KJD-PAL, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Nevada.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
civil penalties under section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``CAA'') 
against Simplot for violations of permitting and new source review 
requirements of the CAA and the federally enforceable State 
Implementation Plan for Nevada at Simplot's silica sand processing 
facility in Overton, Nevada. The consent decree requires Simplot to: 
(1) Install air pollution control equipment and modify processes at its 
facility, (2) modify its permits, and (3) pay a civil penalty of 
$525,000.
    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, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 with a copy to Robert 
Mullaney, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050, 
San Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to United States v. J. R. 
Simplot Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-06987.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 5000, Las Vegas, 
Nevada, and at U.S. EPA Region 9, Office of Regional Counsel, 75 
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, California. 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, 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 under (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $24.25 
(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. 04-4213 Filed 2-25-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-M