[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 129 (Thursday, July 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39335-39336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13386]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
Notice is hereby given that on June 16, 2005, a proposed consent
decree in United States v. Morton Int'l, Inc., Civil Action No. 05-3088
(DMC), was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of New Jersey.
The proposed consent decree will settle the United States' claims
for failure to comply with the general duty clause of the Clean Air
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(l), on behalf of the Environmental Protection
Agency (``EPA'') against Morton International, Inc. (``Morton''),
relating to its violations of regulations applicable at its former
facility in Patterson, New Jersey, which occurred through April 1998.
Pursuant to the proposed consent decree, Morton will pay $50,000.00 as
a civil penalty and complete a Supplemental Environmental Project
(``SEP'') of up to $200,000.00 by supplying Passaic County Department
of Health with equipment that is useful in identifying potentially
dangerous circumstances and in responding thereto. Should the SEP cost
less than $200,000, the difference between that amount and the actual
cost of SEP will be paid as an additional civil penalty.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication accept comments relating to the
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General of the Environmental and
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Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20530, and should refer to United States v. Morton Int'l, Inc., Civil
Action No. 05-3088 (DMC), D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-07513.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 970 Broad Street,
Newark, New Jersey 07102. During the public comment period, the
proposed 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 proposed consent decree may also be obtained by mail from
the Consent Decree Library, P.O. 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. If requesting a copy of the
proposed consent decree, please so note and enclose a check in the
amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the
U.S. Treasury.
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 05-13386 Filed 7-6-05; 8:45 am]
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