[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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