[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2035]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Kalama Chemical, Inc., Civil Action No. C-95-5522-FDB, was lodged on 
January 7, 1997 with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Washington. The consent decree settles several claims 
brought against Kalama Chemical, Inc. (``KCI'') under the Clean Air Act 
(``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401, et seq., for violations of the NESHAPs 
for asbestos and benzene and the New Source Performance Standards at 
KCI's facility located in Kalama, Washington. Under the proposed 
consent decree, KCI will pay a civil penalty of $370,000 to the United 
States and a civil penalty of $185,000 to the Southwest Air Pollution 
Control Authority which brought a separate suit against KCI pursuant to 
the Washington Clean Air Act. Further, the consent decree provides that 
KCI will undertake six Supplemental Environmental Projects designed to 
eliminate or reduce air pollution. Among other things, KCI will install 
emission control equipment that will remove approximately 28 tons of 
volatile organic compounds (``VOCs''), primarily benzene and toluene, 
and 1,050 tons of carbon monoxide (``CO''). These projects are 
estimated to cost KCI at least $1,351,838.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Kalama Chemical, Inc., DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1-1766.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 3600 Seafirst Fifth Avenue Plaza, 800 Fifth 
Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104; the Region X Office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 
98101; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed 
consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. 
In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $17.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-2035 Filed 1-27-96; 8:45 am]
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