[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 47 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 11560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5223]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act and 
Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on March 5, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. ESSROC San Juan, Inc., Civil Action No. 
3:09-cv-01578, was filed with the United States District Court for the 
District of Puerto Rico.
    In this action, the United States sought penalties and injunctive 
relief for the Defendant's 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. at its 
portland cement manufacturing plant in Dorado, Puerto Rico.
    To resolve the United States' claims, the Defendant will pay a 
penalty of $275,000 and perform injunctive relief including the 
installation of water effluent controls, the rerouting of air emissions 
through control devices, and enhanced monitoring provisions. In 
addition the Defendant will perform a supplemental environmental 
project requiring it to grant a conservation easement over 5.3 acres of 
land to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources.
    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 emailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
either: United States v. ESSROC San Juan, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:09-
cv-01578, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-08412. The Consent Decree may be examined 
at the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Puerto 
Rico at Torre Chardon, Suite 1201, 350 Carlos Chardon Avenue, San Juan, 
Puerto Rico 00918, and at U.S. EPA Region 2 Caribbean Environmental 
Protection Division, Centro Europa Building, 1492 Ponce Deleon Avenue, 
Suite 417, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907. During the public comment 
period, the Consent Decrees 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 Decrees 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, payable to the U.S. 
Treasury, in the amount of $13.25 (25 cents per page reproduction 
cost), or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in the applicable 
amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-5223 Filed 3-10-10; 8:45 am]
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