[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2123-2124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00492]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On January 6, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the State of
New Jersey in the lawsuit entitled United States v. E.I. duPont de
Nemours and Company, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-00102-NLH-AMD.
The United States filed this lawsuit under the Clean Air Act, 42
U.S.C. 7401, et seq., and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-
to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 11001, et seq. The United States' complaint
seeks civil penalties and injunctive relief for violations of the
regulations that govern equipment leak standards from organic chemical
manufacturing facilities (specifically, the chlorofluorocarbon
regulations, 40 CFR part 82, subpart F (``CFC Regulations''); the
national emissions standards for miscellaneous organic chemical
manufacturing, 40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFF; the equipment leak
standards of 40 CFR part 63, subpart H; and the company's CAA Title V
operating permit). The violations occurred at du Pont's Chambers Works
manufacturing facility in Deepwater, New Jersey. The Decree requires du
Pont to pay a civil penalty of $530,520, and treat any refrigeration
units with secondary refrigeration loops at the facility as covered by
the CFC regulations.
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. E.I. duPont de
Nemours and Company, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09872. 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 $5.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-00492 Filed 1-14-15; 8:45 am]
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