[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 54702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20472]


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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 August 20, 
2004, a proposed consent decree in United States and Ventura County Air 
Pollution Control District v. Diversified Panel Systems, Inc., Civil 
Action No. CV 04-7028-DT(JTLx), was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Central District of California.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
civil penalties under Section 110 of the Clean Air Act (``CAA'') 
against Diversified Panel Systems, Inc. (``DPSI''), for violations of 
the federally enforceable California State Implementation Plan at 
DPSI's polystyrene block manufacturing and processing facility in 
Oxnard, California. The consent decree requires DPSI to pay a civil 
penalty to the United States in the amount of $152,425, and will 
require DPSI to design and conduct appropriate emissions testing to 
demonstrate compliance with the emissions standards specified in the 
Authority to Construct permit issued by the Ventura County Air 
Pollution Control District (``VCAPCD''), upon which the VCAPCD will 
issue a Permit to Operate to DPSI for the facility. Quarterly 
monitoring and reporting will be required after the Permit to Operate 
is issued. As the permit issuing agency, VCAPCD is a co-plaintiff with 
the United States in the Consent Decree.
    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, and should refer to 
United States and Ventura County Air Pollution Control District v. 
Diversified Panel Systems, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-07680.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California, 
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 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.50 (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. 04-20472 Filed 9-8-04; 8:45 am]
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