[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 184 (Thursday, September 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57085-57086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21309]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States and Robert G. Burnley, Director, 
Commmonwealth of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality v. Stone 
Container Corporation, Civil Action No. 3:04 CV 647 was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on 
September 9, 2004. The Commonwealth of Virginia has filed a Complaint 
in Intervention and is a signatory to the proposed Consent Decree.
    In its Complaint, the United States alleges Stone Container 
Corporation (``Stone Container'') and its predecessors violated the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7601 et seq., the regulations promulgated 
thereunder, and the requirements of the Virginia State Implementation 
Plan, at Stone Container's West Point, Virginia pulp and paper 
manufacturing facility (``West Point Facility''). The Commonwealth of 
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (``Commonwealth'') filed a 
Motion for Leave to Intervene and a Complaint in Intervention, alleging 
the same violations. The proposed Consent Decree resolves Stone 
Container's liability to the United States and the Commonwealth for the 
violations alleged in the Complaints. The Consent Decree requires Stone 
Container to install air pollution control devices to control emissions 
of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from the West Point Facility. The 
Consent Decree also requires Stone Container to pay a civil penalty of 
$475,000 to the United States and $457,000 to the Commonwealth, and to 
comply with monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
Consent Decree for a period of thirty (30) days following the date of 
public of this Notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources

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Division, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611, and refer to United States and Robert G. Burnley, Director, 
Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, DOJ No. 
90-5-2-1-06526.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 600 East Main 
Street, Suite 1800, Richmond, VA 23219 and at U.S. EPA Region III, 1650 
Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. During the public comment period, 
the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the following Department of 
Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the 
Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree 
Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-
7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 
([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $10.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-21309 Filed 9-22-04; 8:45 am]
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