[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45848-45849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6804]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act
Notice is hereby given that on July 21, 2006 a proposed consent
decree in United States v. American Iron Oxide Company and Magnetics
International, Inc., Civil Action No. 2: 06-cv-00251-WCL-APR was lodged
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Indiana.
In this action the United States sought civil penalties and
injunctive relief for alleged violations of Section 113(b) of the Clean
Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), more specifically the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for steel pickling--
HC1, at three steel pickling facilities: American Iron Oxide's
facilities in Portage, Indiana, and Grandview, Indiana, and Magnetics
International, Inc.'s facility in Burns Harbor, Indiana. The proposed
Consent Decree requires the Defendants to: (a) Pay a total civil
penalty of $100,000; (b) undertake two community-based Supplemental
Environmental Projects; (c) make process and equipment modifications at
the three facilities; (d) conduct stack tests to demonstrate compliance
with the NESHAP at the Portage and Magnetic Facilities, with AMROX
using a stack test to determine if the Rockport Facility is subject to
the NESHAP; and (e) comply with all of the requirements of the NESHAP
at the Portage and Magnetics Facilities, as well as at the
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Rockport Facility if that plant is determined to be subject to the
NESHAP.
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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box
7611, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should
refer to United States v. American Iron Oxide Company, et al., D.J.
Ref. 90-5-2-1-07939.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 5400
Federal Plaza, Suite 1500, Hammond, Indiana 46320 (contact Asst. U.S.
Attorney Wayne Ault (219-937-5500), and at U.S. EPA Region 5, 7th Floor
Records Center, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604 (contact
Assoc. Regional Counsel Cynthis King (312-886-6831)). 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, US 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 $13.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the
US Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to
the Consent Decree Library at the stated address.
William Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental, Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources, Division.
[FR Doc. 06-6804 Filed 8-9-06; 8:45 am]
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