[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 1251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00060]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act, the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    On December 31, 2012, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of South Carolina in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Weylchem US, 
Inc., Civil Action No. 3:12-cv-03639-CMC.
    In Weylchem, the United States of America (``United States''), on 
behalf of the Administrator of the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (``EPA''), filed a complaint pursuant to the Clean 
Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1301 et 
seq.; and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq., alleging violations of these statutes at Weylchem US, Inc.'s 
(``Weylchem'') facilities in Elgin, South Carolina and Lugoff, South 
Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental 
Control (``SCDHEC'') filed a Complaint in Intervention alleging claims 
under the South Carolina Pollution Control Act, S.C. Code Section 48-1-
110. Under the proposed consent decree, Weylchem agrees to come into 
compliance with the requirements of the environmental statutes and pay 
a civil penalty of $500,000, of which $175,000 shall be paid to SCDHEC.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Weylchem US, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-
2-1-08542/1. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) 
days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be 
submitted either by email or by mail:

To submit comments:.......................  Send them to:
By e-mail.................................  [email protected].
By mail...................................  Assistant Attorney General,
                                             U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box
                                             7611, Washington, D.C.
                                             20044-7611.
 

    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, 
U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $30.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $13.00.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-00060 Filed 1-7-13; 8:45 am]
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