[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 159 (Thursday, August 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48589-48590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16346]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Consistent with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on August 
3, 2005, a proposed consent decree (``decree'') in United States v. 
Degussa Initiators, LLC., Civil Action No. 1:05CV1915, was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
    In this action, the United States seeks civil penalties against 
Degussa for violations of section 307(d) and 308 of the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1317(d) and 1318, including violation of categorical and 
local effluent limits contained in industrial user permits issued by 
the Elyria, Ohio publicly owned treatment works. The proposed decree 
provides that Degussa will pay a civil penalty of $345,203.50 and will 
perform a supplemental environmental project valued at $27,514. Degussa 
also certifies in the proposed decree that it has implemented 
corrective measures necessary to ensure continuous compliance with 
applicable effluent limits and other permit terms.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
decree for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this 
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, Ben 
Franklin Station, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States v. Degussa LLC, D.J. Ref. 90-5-
1-1-07956.
    The decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, 1800 One Bank Center, 600 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 
44114-2654 and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, 77 
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590. During the public 
comment period, the decree may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request 
to Tonia Fleetwood

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([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 $7.00 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost), payable to the U.S. Treasury.

W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-16346 Filed 8-17-05; 8:45 am]
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