[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 129 (Thursday, July 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39335-39336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13386]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that on June 16, 2005, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Morton Int'l, Inc., Civil Action No. 05-3088 
(DMC), was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of New Jersey.
    The proposed consent decree will settle the United States' claims 
for failure to comply with the general duty clause of the Clean Air 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(l), on behalf of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA'') against Morton International, Inc. (``Morton''), 
relating to its violations of regulations applicable at its former 
facility in Patterson, New Jersey, which occurred through April 1998. 
Pursuant to the proposed consent decree, Morton will pay $50,000.00 as 
a civil penalty and complete a Supplemental Environmental Project 
(``SEP'') of up to $200,000.00 by supplying Passaic County Department 
of Health with equipment that is useful in identifying potentially 
dangerous circumstances and in responding thereto. Should the SEP cost 
less than $200,000, the difference between that amount and the actual 
cost of SEP will be paid as an additional civil penalty.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication accept comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environmental and

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Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20530, and should refer to United States v. Morton Int'l, Inc., Civil 
Action No. 05-3088 (DMC), D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-07513.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street, 
Newark, New Jersey 07102. During the public comment period, the 
proposed 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 proposed 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. If requesting a copy of the 
proposed consent decree, please so note and enclose a check in the 
amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
U.S. Treasury.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-13386 Filed 7-6-05; 8:45 am]
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