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 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that on October 31, 1995, a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Civil Action

No. CS-95-0468-JLQ, was lodged with the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Washington. This consent decree represents

a settlement of claims by the United States against Kaiser Aluminum for

violations of the Clean Air Act.

Under the settlement, Kaiser Aluminum will pay the United States a

civil penalty of $500,000. In addition, the Consent Decree requires

Kaiser Aluminum to come into compliance with the Clean Air Act. More

specifically, the Consent Decree requires Kaiser Aluminum to complete a

program of plant improvements and operational changes in order to bring

stack emissions from its melter and holder furnaces into compliance

with the opacity standard in the federally-approved Washington State

Implementation Plan or SIP by February 28, 1997, including installation

of a baghouse emission control system, new burners and computerized

combustion controls and new mass flow controls on the holders;

utilization of a new molten metal charging system and new skimming

procedures on the melters;

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and limitations on chlorine use. Stipulated penalties may be imposed in

the event Kaiser Aluminum does not comply with the requirements of the

Consent Decree.

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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-

5-2-1-94-A.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, Eastern District of Washington, Suite 300,

United States Courthouse, West 920 Riverside, Spokane, Washington 99210

and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor,

Washington, D.C. 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, D.C. 20005. In

requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $10.25 (25

cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 95-28666 Filed 11-22-95; 8:45 am]

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