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. Apache

Nitrogen Products, Inc., Civil Action No. CIV 92-382 TUC, was lodged on

February 7, 1994, with the United States District Court for the

District of Arizona. That action was brought against defendant pursuant

to Sections 111(e) and 114 of the Clean Air Act (the ``Act''), 42

U.S.C. 7411(e) and 7414, for civil penalties and injunctive relief in

connection with defendant's operation of a nitric acid production

facility. The decree requires the defendant to pay a civil penalty of

$55,000 for alleged past violations of the Act, and to comply with

specific emissions limits applicable to oxides of nitrogen

(``NOX'').

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,

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United

States v. Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc., DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1-1438.

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

United States Attorney, 110 South Church Street, Tucson, Arizona; at

the Region IX Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75

Hawthorne, 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 requesting a copy, please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.75 (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. 94-3415 Filed 2-14-94; 8:45 am]

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