[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 26 (Thursday, February 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 5997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-543]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Water and
Clean Air Acts
Notice is hereby given that on January 25, 2007, a proposed consent
decree in United States v. Duro Textiles, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:07-
cv-10130-GAO, was lodged with the United States District Court for the
District of Massachusetts.
The proposed consent decree will settle the United States' claims
for violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., and the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq., related to the failure by Duro
Textile, LLC, at its plants in Fall River to, among other things:
Comply with wastewater discharge limitations; perform required
monitoring of storm water outfalls; incinerate properly volatile
organic components from its processes; and keep required records.
Pursuant to the proposed consent decree, Duro Textiles, LLC, will pay
$480,000 as civil penalty for such violations, comply with record
keeping requirements, and maintain compliance with the Acts at its Fall
River plants in the future.
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 of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United
States v. Duro Textiles, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:07-cv-10130-GAO, D.J.
Ref. 90-5-1-1-08584.
The proposed consent decree may also be examined at the Office of
the United States Attorney, District of Massachusetts, John Moakley
Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Way, Room, 9200, Boston, MA, at U.S. EPA
Region 1, One Congress Street, Boston, MA. 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/Consent Decrees.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 $8.25 (25 cent per page reproduction
cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury, or if by e-mail or fax, forward a
check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated
address.
Ronald Gluck,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-543 Filed 2-7-07; 8:45 am]
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