[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06360]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Amendment Under the
Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act; the Missouri Air Conservation Law; the Missouri Clean
Water Law and the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Law
On March 14, 2013, the Department of Justice and the State of
Missouri lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Missouri a consent decree in the lawsuit entitled United
States v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. 2:13-cv-00027-HEA.
The lawsuit is a civil action brought pursuant to the Clean Air
Act, the Missouri Air Conservation Law, the Clean Water Act, the
Missouri Clean Water Law, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
and the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Law. The complaint seeks
civil penalties and injunctive relief against Teva Pharmaceuticals USA,
Inc., for violations of the requirements applicable to hazardous air
pollutants and hazardous waste, and of requirements applicable to
Teva's discharge of pollutants to a city-owned wastewater treatment
plant. The violations occurred at a chemical manufacturing facility
located in Mexico, Missouri.
The consent decree requires Teva to pay a civil penalty of
$2,250,000 and to implement a series of projects and changes at its
Mexico Facility to bring the facility into compliance and mitigate its
past violations. Among other things, Teva will be required to develop a
pretreatment plan; conduct vacuum stripping of wastewater streams to
remove methylene chloride; install an automated diffused aeration rate
system in its wastewater treatment plant; implement an enhanced leak
detection program; and establish an Environmental Management System
that calls for environmental audits of its facility.
This publication opens a period for public comment on the Consent
Decree. You may submit comments to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources Division. The comments should refer
to United States v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-
2-1-09638. Comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days
after the publication date of this notice. Forward comments either by
email or U.S. mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By e-mail............................. [email protected].
By U.S. 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, 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 $20.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Robert M. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-06360 Filed 3-19-13; 8:45 am]
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