[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 26 (Thursday, February 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 5997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-543]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Water and 
Clean Air Acts

    Notice is hereby given that on January 25, 2007, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Duro Textiles, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:07-
cv-10130-GAO, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Massachusetts.
    The proposed consent decree will settle the United States' claims 
for violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq., related to the failure by Duro 
Textile, LLC, at its plants in Fall River to, among other things: 
Comply with wastewater discharge limitations; perform required 
monitoring of storm water outfalls; incinerate properly volatile 
organic components from its processes; and keep required records. 
Pursuant to the proposed consent decree, Duro Textiles, LLC, will pay 
$480,000 as civil penalty for such violations, comply with record 
keeping requirements, and maintain compliance with the Acts at its Fall 
River plants in the future.
    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 of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Duro Textiles, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:07-cv-10130-GAO, D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-1-1-08584.
    The proposed consent decree may also be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, John Moakley 
Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Way, Room, 9200, Boston, MA, at U.S. EPA 
Region 1, One Congress Street, Boston, MA. 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/Consent Decrees.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 $8.25 (25 cent per page reproduction 
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury, or if by e-mail or fax, forward a 
check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated 
address.

Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-543 Filed 2-7-07; 8:45 am]
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