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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Water Act, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

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[Federal Register: January 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 4)]
[Notices]
[Page 1231]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr07ja08-49]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act,
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Water Act, Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, and Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

    Notice is hereby given that on December 17, 2007, a proposed
Consent Decree (``Decree'') in United States, et al. v. Georgia Gulf
Chemicals and Vinyls, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:07-CV-3113, was lodged
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
    In this action the United States and the Mississippi Commission on
Environmental Quality sought penalties and injunctive relief under the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 11001 et seq.; the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.; and the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1251 et seq., as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, relating to
a polyvinyl chloride facility owned or operated by Georgia Gulf
Chemicals and Vinyls, LLC (``Georgia Gulf''), located in Aberdeen,
Mississippi. The Decree requires Georgia Gulf to pay a civil penalty of
$610,000 to be split evenly between the United States and the State of
Mississippi. Georgia Gulf has also agreed to perform corrective
measures, including installation of an air stripper to reduce volatile
organic compounds by removing vinyl chloride from process wastewater.
Georgia Gulf will also implement several standard operating procedures
to ensure compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
and Clean Air Act. Further, Georgia Gulf has agreed to comply with
specific Clean Water Act and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act requirements.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Decree.
Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either e-mailed to 
pubcomment.ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to
United States, et al. v. Georgia Gulf Chemicals and Vinyls, LLC, D.J.
Ref. 90-5-2-1-08489.
    The Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States
Attorney, 600 Richard B. Russell Federal Bldg., 75 Spring Street, SW,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303, and at U.S. EPA Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street,
SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-8960. During the public comment period, the
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
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
tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 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 $22.25 (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.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 07-6295 Filed 1-4-08; 8:45 am]
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