Notice of Lodging of First Amendment to Consent Decree in United States v. Louisiana-Pacific, Inc. and Kirby Forest Industries, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of First Amendment to Consent Decree in United

States v. Louisiana-Pacific, Inc. and Kirby Forest Industries, Inc.

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, (38 FR 19029,

March 29, 1984), notice is hereby given that a proposed First Amendment

to Consent Decree in United States v. Louisiana-Pacific, Inc. and Kirby

Forest Industries, Inc., Civil Action No. 93-0869, was lodged with the

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on

October 6, 1995.

The original Consent Decree in this action, lodged on May 24, 1993

and entered by the Court on September 30, 1993, required the

installation of improved pollution control devices at fourteen

Louisiana-Pacific, and Kirby Forest Industries' plants located in

eleven states. The Decree also required Defendants to conduct an

environmental audit of all of their facilities and management and to

employ corporate and plant environmental managers responsible for

compliance with environmental statutes at their wood panel plants.

The First Amendment to Consent Decree reflects changes resulting

from additional experience with and analysis of the Regenerative

Thermal Oxidation (``RTO'') pollution control devices required by the

Decree, from testing which determined that additional Louisiana-Pacific

facilities were major emitting facilities under the Clean Air Act, thus

requiring the installation of RTOs, and from permitting, construction

scheduling and other developments since entry of the original Decree.

The Department of Justice will receive, for thirty (30) days from

the date of publication of this notice, written comments relating to

the proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree. Comments should be

addressed

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to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530 and should

refer to United States v. Louisiana-Pacific, Inc. and Kirby Forest

Industries, Inc., D.O.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-1823.

The proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree may be examined at

the office of the United States Attorney, 705 Jefferson Street, Room

305, Lafayette, Louisiana, 70501; the Region VI Office of the

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite

1200, Dallas, Texas 75202; 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 First Amendment to 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 refer to

the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $4.25 (25

cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

Joel Gross,

Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 95-29493 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]

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