[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18941]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. 
Stone Container Corporation, Civil Action No. 3:04CV552 (REP) (E.D.Va.) 
was lodged with the court on August 5, 2004.
    The proposed decree resolves the claims of the United States and 
intervener Virginia Department of Environmental Quality against Stone 
Container Corporation under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq., 
for civil penalties and injunctive relief to redress violations 
occurring at Stone's Hopewell, Virginia Kraft Pulp Paper Mill. Under 
the decree, Stone is required to pay a civil penalty of $835,000. Stone 
has remedied the violations at issue.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Stone Container Corporation, Civil Action No. 3:04CV552 (REP) 
(E.D.Va.), DOJ Ref. 90-5-2-1-06526.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Jamieson Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 and at U.S. EPA 
Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 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. During the public comment period, 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 number (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 $5,00 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-18941 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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