Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice

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

Masonite Corporation, Civil Action No. C 95 0189 DLJ (N.D. Cal.), was

lodged on January 17, 1995 with the United States District Court for

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

the United States seeks from defendant Masonite Corporation

(``Masonite'') civil penalties and injunctive relief under Section

113(b) of the Clean Air Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for

Masonite's failure to obtain a prevention of significant deterioration

permit before commencing construction activities for a major

modification to its Ukiah, California facility and for violations of a

permit governing operations of a boiler at the facility.

The proposed consent decree requires Masonite to obtain a PSD

permit, to comply with specified emissions limits and operating

practices until issuance of the permit, to comply with the terms of its

boiler permit, and to pay a civil penalty of $600,000.

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; and

refer to United States v. Masonite Corporation, DOJ Ref. # 90-5-2-1-

1847.

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

United States Attorney, Northern District of California, 450 Golden

Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102; 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, N.W., 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, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the

referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8.00 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Cross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-1996 Filed 1-25-95; 8:45 am]

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