[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 11158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4369]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Toxic Substances 
Control Act

    Notice is hereby given that on February 7, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Dover Chemical Corp., Civil Action No. 5:12-
cv-00292-SL was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Ohio.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief from 
Defendant Dover Chemical Corporation (``Dover Chemical'') for 
violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act (``TSCA'') Section 15, 
15 U.S.C. 2614. The Complaint alleges that Dover Chemical manufactured 
and continues to manufacture multiple ``new chemical substances'' as 
defined in TSCA Section 3(9), 15 U.S.C. 2602(9), at its chemical 
manufacturing plants located in Dover, Ohio and Hammond, Indiana, while 
failing to comply with the manufacturing and processing notices 
required under TSCA Section 5, 15 U.S.C. 2604.
    The Consent Decree requires Dover Chemical to pay a $1.4 million 
civil penalty. Dover Chemical has halted manufacture of short-chain 
chlorinated paraffins and committed to submit premanufacture notices 
(``PMNs'') for medium and long-chain chlorinated paraffins, pursuant to 
TSCA Section 5. The proposed Consent Decree prohibits Dover Chemical 
from manufacturing any chlorinated paraffin product not placed on the 
TSCA Inventory via the PMN process.
    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 Corp., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-10116.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree, may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, to 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 ``Consent Decree 
Copy''([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-5271. If requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$6.75 (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 Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-4369 Filed 2-23-12; 8:45 am]
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