[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 30859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13127]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on May 24, 2010, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States, and South Coast Air Quality Management 
District v. Lifoam Industries, LLC, Civil Action No. 10-CV-03825-AHM-
FFM was lodged with the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California.
    The United States, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA''), and the South Coast Air Quality Management District 
(``SCAQMD'') brought an action against Lifoam Industries, LLC, 
(``Lifoam''), alleging violations of the Clean Air act (``ACT''), 42 
U.S.C. 7401 et seq. at Lifoam's expanded polystyrene foam (``EPS'') 
manufacturing facility located in Vernon, California. The Complaint 
seeks civil penalties for violations of SCAQMD Rule 1175, which has 
been approved into the federally enforceable California State 
Implementation Plan (``SIP''), as well as for violations of a permit 
issued by SCAQMD to Defendant. The Complaint also seeks injunctive 
relief requiring that Lifoam comply with Rule 1175 and the conditions 
of its permit. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, Lifoam will pay a 
civil penalty of $450,000 to be divided between the United States and 
SCAQMD and will perform injunctive relief to ensure that emissions from 
its facility comply with the ACT and Lifoam's permit issued under the 
ACT. The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to this 
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 et al. v. Lifoam Industries, LLC, D.J. Ref. 
90-5-2-1-08675.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region IX, Office of 
Regional Counsel, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. 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 via U.S. mail by sending a request to 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 of the Decree from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, 
if by E-mail or fax, please forward a check in that amount to the 
Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-13127 Filed 6-1-10; 8:45 am]
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