Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Lassen

Gold Mining, Inc., Civil Action No. CIV-S-94-1127 LKK (E.D. Cal.), was

lodged on July 11, 1994 with the United States District Court for the

Eastern District of California. In the complaint in that action, the

United States seeks from defendant Lassen Gold Mining, Inc.

(``Lassen'') civil penalties and injunctive relief under Sections

113(b) and 111(e) of the Clean Air Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C.

Secs. 7413(b) and 7411(e), for Lassen's failure to obtain permits

before commencing certain construction activities and failure to

provide notice of construction activities and the start of operations

at Lassen's Hayden Hill open pit gold mine in Lassen County,

California. The proposed consent decree requires Lassen to comply with

the notice and permit requirements of the regulations implementing the

Act, appoint an environmental manager, and to pay a penalty of

$125,000.

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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044; be

copied to Robert R. Klotz, U.S. Department of Justice, 301 Howard

Street, Suite 870, San Francisco, CA 94105; and refer to United States

v. Lassen Gold Mining, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-1762.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the

United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, 555 Capitol

Mall, Sacramento, California 95814; at the Region IX office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the

proposed consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC

20005. In regarding a copy please refer to the referenced case and

enclose a check in the amount of $3.75 (25 cents per page reproduction

costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

John C. Cruden,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-18405 Filed 7-27-94; 8:45 am]

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