[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14591-14592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05078]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On February 27, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Hawaii in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Waste Management of 
Hawaii, Inc., Civil Action No. CV 13 00095 RLP.
    In this action, the United States filed a complaint under the Clean 
Air Act alleging violations at the Waimanalo Gulch Municipal Solid 
Waste Landfill located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The consent 
decree requires the County to implement injunctive relief including 
conducting enhanced gas monitoring, complying with interim wellhead gas 
temperature limits and implementing a Monitoring and Contingency Plan 
for Elevated Temperatures. The consent decree also requires the County 
to pay a civil penalty of $1,100,000.
    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

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Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. Waste 
Management of Hawaii, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09044. 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:

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        To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email..........................  [email protected].
By mail...........................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                     DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                     Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    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 $11.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury for a version 
without appendices and $28.00 for a version with appendices.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-05078 Filed 3-5-13; 8:45 am]
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