[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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