[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 47462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17834]


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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 July 22, 2004, a 
proposed consent decree (``consent decree'') in United States v. 
Weyerhaeuser Company, Civil Action No. 04-211 Erie, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. 
This consent decree resolves claims against Weyerhaeuser Company for 
violations of the Clean Air Act.
    In this action the United States sought penalties and injunctive 
relief for: Failure to obtain a prevention of significant deterioration 
permit for two power boilers, as required by the Pennsylvania State 
Implementation Plan; failure to obtain an operating permit including 
best available control technology (BACT), as required by the state 
implementation plan; and failure to comply with federal new source 
performance standards.
    Under the terms of the consent decree, Weyerhaeuser agrees to 
install wet gas scrubbers to control sulfur dioxide emissions, to 
operate them in accordance with the terms in the consent decree and to 
pay a civil penalty of $900,000 ($675,000 to the United States and 
$225,000 to Pennsylvania).
    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, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Weyerhaeuser Company, Civil Action No. 04-211 Erie, 
D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-2186/1.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 700 Grant Street, Suite 400 Pittsburgh, PA 15219, and 
at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19103-2029. A copy of 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 number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy of the 
consent decree, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-17834 Filed 8-4-04; 8:45 am]
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