[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 197 (Friday, October 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 58125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5024]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on October 2, 2007, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States et al. v. Evergreen Pulp, Inc., Civil Action 
No. C 07-05067 SBA, was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Northern District of California.
    In this acton the United States, the California Air Resources Board 
(ARB) and the North Coast Air Quality Management District (NCAQMD) 
sought civil penalties and injunctive relief under the Clean Air Act 
and state law against Evergreen Pulp, Inc. at its wood pulp mill 
located in Samoa, California. The Consent Decree requires Evergreen 
Pulp, Inc. to: (1) Pay a civil penalty of $300,000 to the United 
States; (2) pay a civil penalty of $300,000 to ARB; (3) pay a civil 
penalty of $300,000 to NCAQMD; and (4) install air pollution control 
equipment.
    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, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, with a copy to Ann 
Hurley, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050, San 
Francisco, CA 94105, and should refer to United States et al. v. 
Evergreen Pulp, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-17-08786.
    The Consent Decree may be examined 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/Consent_Decrees.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 $11.75 (25 cents 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.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-5024 Filed 10-11-07; 8:45 am]
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