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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

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[Federal Register: March 12, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 49)]
[Notices]
[Page 13252]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on March 4, 2008, a proposed Consent
Decree in United States v. Riverside Cement Company, Civil Action No.
CV 08-01284 ABC (JCRx), was lodged with the United States District
Court for the Central District of California.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims
against Riverside Cement Company (``RCC'') under Section 113(b) of the
Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for alleged violations of
the Clean Air Act and the federally approved California State
Implementation Plan (``SIP''), including Mohave Desert Air Quality
Management District Rule 1161 (``Rule 1161''), at a portland cement
manufacturing facility owned and operated by RCC in Oro Grande,
California (``Facility''). The Consent Decree requires RCC to pay a
civil penalty of $394,000, plus interest accruing thereon from the date
of lodging, and requires RCC to shut down its older cement kilns (kilns
1-7) by no later than August 31, 2008 or 120 days after its new cement
kiln reaches 90 percent of its operating capacity, whichever is
earlier; to comply with enhanced baghouse inspection requirements until
the older kilns are shut down; and to comply with the Portland Cement
NESHAP, Rule 1161, and its Title V operating permit.
    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, 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 v. Riverside Cement Company., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-
1-09021.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA
90012, and at U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,
CA 94105. 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
(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax number (202) 514-0097, phone
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. When requesting a copy from the
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.50
for the Consent Decree (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,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. E8-4884 Filed 3-11-08; 8:45 am]
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