[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20624]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. E. I. du Pont 
de Nemours, (``DuPont'') C.A. No. 97-191 was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on August 1, 
2000. This proposed Consent Decree settles claims brought against 
DuPont pursuant to section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7412(r) for violations of its general duty of care, and pursuant to 
Section 109(c) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act 42 U.S.C. 9609(c) and section 325(a)(3) 
of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 
11045(a)(3) for notice violations, with respect to DuPont's sulfuric 
acid manufacturing plant in Wurtland, Kentucky.
    The settlement provides for payment of $850,000 in civil penalties 
and performance of a Supplemental Environmental project (``SEP'') 
valued at $650,000. Under the proposed SEP, DuPont will upgrade the 
emergency notification systems of the ten counties surrounding the 
Wurtland facility. The total penalty under this settlement is 
$1,500,000.
    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, 
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044; and 
refer to United States v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours, (``DuPont'') C. A. 
No. 97-191, DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1 -2099.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 110 West Vine 
Street, P.O. Box 3077 Lexington, KY 40507, and at the office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., 
Atlanta, GA 30303. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be 
obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy please 
refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 
(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. 00-20624 Filed 8-14-00; 8:45 am]
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