[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4884]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on March 4, 2008, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Riverside Cement Company, Civil Action No. 
CV 08-01284 ABC (JCRx), was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Central District of California.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims 
against Riverside Cement Company (``RCC'') under Section 113(b) of the 
Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for alleged violations of 
the Clean Air Act and the federally approved California State 
Implementation Plan (``SIP''), including Mohave Desert Air Quality 
Management District Rule 1161 (``Rule 1161''), at a portland cement 
manufacturing facility owned and operated by RCC in Oro Grande, 
California (``Facility''). The Consent Decree requires RCC to pay a 
civil penalty of $394,000, plus interest accruing thereon from the date 
of lodging, and requires RCC to shut down its older cement kilns (kilns 
1-7) by no later than August 31, 2008 or 120 days after its new cement 
kiln reaches 90 percent of its operating capacity, whichever is 
earlier; to comply with enhanced baghouse inspection requirements until 
the older kilns are shut down; and to comply with the Portland Cement 
NESHAP, Rule 1161, and its Title V operating permit.
    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, 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, and should 
refer to United States v. Riverside Cement Company., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-
1-09021.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 
90012, and at U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 
CA 94105. 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 number (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. When requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.50 
for the Consent Decree (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 S. Friedman,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
 [FR Doc. E8-4884 Filed 3-11-08; 8:45 am]
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