Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 Fed.

Reg. 19029, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in

United States v. San Juan Cement Company, Inc., Civ. Action No. 96-1381

DRD (D.P.R.) was lodged with the United States District Court for the

District of Puerto Rico on July 12, 1996. The proposed Consent Decree

resolves the United States' claims against San Juan Cement Company for

multiple violations of the New Source Performance Standards (``NSPS'')

of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7411 and 7414, as amended, and

regulations promulgated thereunder at 40 C.F.R. Part 60, at its cement

manufacturing operation located in Dorado, Puerto Rico. The Consent

Decree provides that San Juan Cement Company will pay a civil penalty

of $500,000, will construct and test a continuous opacity monitoring

system on an emission point at its portland cement plant and, should

the performance tests on this and/or on another emissions point yield

unsatisfactory results, will take measures EPA deems necessary to bring

the emissions points into compliance with the NSPS.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, written 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, D.C. 20530, and should

refer to United States v. San Juan Cement Company, Inc. Civ. Action No.

96-1381 DRD (D.P.R.) DOJ # 90-5-2-1-1888.

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

United States Attorney, Federal Office Building, Room 452, 150 Carlos

E. Chardon Ave., Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918; at the Region II Office

of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York,

New York 10278; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W.,

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

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 $5.75 (25

cents per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 96-19284 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]

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