[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 25713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10383]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On April 28, 2015, the Department of Justice filed a complaint and 
lodged a Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of California pertaining to the cement manufacturing 
and limestone mining facility (``Facility'') in Cupertino, California 
owned by Hanson Permanente Cement, Incorporated (``Hanson'') and 
operated by Lehigh Southwest Cement Company (``Lehigh''). The complaint 
and proposed Consent Decree were filed contemporaneously in the matter 
of United States of America and People of the State of California by 
and through the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San 
Francisco Bay Region v. Lehigh Southwest Cement Company and Hanson 
Permanente Cement, Incorporated, Civil Action No. 5:15-cv-01896 (N.D. 
Cal.).
    The Consent Decree resolves claims under Sections 301 and 402 of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311 and 1342, and related state law 
claims, arising from releases of selenium, mercury, hexavalent 
chromium, nickel, thallium, and other pollutants from the Facility to 
Permanente Creek. The Consent Decree provides that Lehigh and Hanson 
will pay a civil penalty of $2,550,000 to the United States and the 
State of California (with the United States and the State of California 
each receiving half of the civil penalty payment), and will install 
treatment for the pollutants described above in order to come into 
compliance with the Clean Water Act.
    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 Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States of America and People of the State of 
California by and through the California Regional Water Quality Control 
Board, San Francisco Bay Region v. Lehigh Southwest Cement Company and 
Hanson Permanente Cement, Incorporated, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-10741. 
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) for the Consent Decree, payable to the United States 
Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-10383 Filed 5-4-15; 8:45 am]
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