[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 20419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8033]


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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 28, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Forward, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-
00590-EFB, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of California.
    In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and civil 
penalties against defendant Forward, Inc., pursuant to Section 113(b) 
of the Clean Air Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), in connection with 
activities at the Forward Landfill in Manteca, California. The United 
States' complaint, filed concurrently with the Consent Decree, alleges 
that Forward violated the Act by operating gas extraction wells in the 
landfill's gas collection and control system (GCCS) in violation of the 
Act's New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards 
for Hazardous Air Pollutants, and in violation of the Title V permit it 
had received from the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control 
District (District), the United States' co-plaintiff in the action. The 
Consent Decree would require Forward to improve the GCCS by installing 
new extraction wells and closing unneeded wells, to implement specific 
operations and maintenance actions to minimize air intrusion and the 
likelihood of subsurface fires at the landfill, to replace trucks in 
the landfill's fleet with less polluting vehicles, and to pay a civil 
penalty of $200,000, to be shared with the District.
    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. Forward, Inc., No. 2:11-cv-00590-EFB (E.D. Cal.), D.J. 
Ref. 90-5-2-1-09873.
    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 
$9.25 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.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-8033 Filed 4-3-12; 8:45 am]
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