[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 80404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32974]


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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 15, 2011, a proposed 
Consent Decree (``proposed Decree'') in United States v. CalPortland 
Company, Civil Action No. 1:11-at-00790, was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Fresno 
Division.
    In this action under Sections 113(b) and 167 of the Clean Air Act, 
42 U.S.C. 7413(b) and 7477, the United States seeks injunctive relief 
and civil penalties for violations of the Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration (``PSD'') provisions of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7470-7492, the PSD regulation set forth at 40 CFR 52.21, and Title V of 
the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7661-7661f, and Title V's implementing 
federal and state regulations, at a portland cement manufacturing plant 
located near Mojave, California.
    The proposed Decree resolves the United States' claims against 
CalPortland Company (``Defendant'') by requiring Defendant to install 
and operate appropriate emission controls at its kiln, and requires 
Defendant to pay a civil penalty of $1,425,000 to the United States.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed 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. CalPortland Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
08306/2.
    The proposed Decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of California, 501 I Street, 
Suite 10-100, Sacramento, California 95814, and at the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, attention: Chief, Air 
Enforcement Office, 75 Hawthorne Street, AIR-5, San Francisco, 
California 94105. During the public comment period, the proposed Decree 
may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 
Decree may also be obtained via U.S. mail by making a written request 
to 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). In requesting a copy 
from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $15.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury or, if requesting by email or fax, please forward a check in 
that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-32974 Filed 12-22-11; 8:45 am]
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