[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4105-4106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1450]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on January 21, 2010, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., Civil Action 
No. 2:10-cv-00121-TSZ was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Western District of Washington.
    In this action the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief at 15 of Saint-Gobain's manufacturing facilities 
across the United States for violations of Parts C and D of Title I of 
the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7470-7492, 7501-7515, the Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) 
provisions of the Act; and the federally-enforceable State 
Implementation Plans (SIPs) for California, Illinois, Indiana, 
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, 
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin approved by 
EPA pursuant to Section 110 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7410, which 
incorporate and/or implement the above-listed federal requirements. The 
consent decree Under the Consent Decree, Saint-Gobain will pay a civil 
penalty of $2,250,000, which will be shared with the participating 
states and localities, and will implement substantial injunctive relief 
to reduce pollution by installing new control equipment and accepting 
much more stringent emission limits. Saint-Gobain will install controls 
at 29 furnaces involved in the settlement and will install continuous 
emission monitors at each of those facilities. The estimated capital 
cost of all of the pollution control projects to be implemented, is at 
least $112 million.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of 30 days from 
the date of this publication comments relating to the consent decree. 
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
[email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
06982/1.
    The consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 5220 United States Courthouse, 700 Stewart Street, 
Seattle, Washington 98101-1271, and at U.S. EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth 
Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101. During the public comment 
period, the consent decree, may also be examined

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on the following Department of Justice Web site, to http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 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. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree 
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $43.00 (25 cents 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.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-1450 Filed 1-25-10; 8:45 am]
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