[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80964-80965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33072]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on December 20, 2011, a proposed 
Consent Decree (``Consent Decree'') in United States v. Dover Chemical 
Corporation, Civil Action No. 5:11-cv-02754-BYP, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
penalties from Dover Chemical Corporation (``Dover'') for alleged 
violations of Sections 111 and 112 of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 
U.S.C. 7411 and 7412; Title V of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.; and 
Title VI of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7671 et seq., at Dover's chemical 
manufacturing facility in Dover, Ohio. Under the Consent Decree, Dover 
will implement enhanced leak detection and repair practices more 
stringent than the minimum required by the regulations; accept and 
comply with the Hazardous and Miscellaneous Organic NESHAP at various 
process units; accept ``major source'' status under the CAA and apply

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for a Title V permit; and pay a civil penalty of $620,000.
    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 
United States v. Dover Chemical Corporation, No. 5:11-cv-02754-BYP 
(N.D. Ohio) D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09309.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may 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 emailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax number (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. If requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$10.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury, or, if requesting by email or fax, forward a check in that 
amount to the Consent Decree Library at the address given above.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-33072 Filed 12-23-11; 8:45 am]
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