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

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. Fort Howard Corporation, Civil Action No. 96-C-350, has been

lodged with the United States District Court for the Eastern District

of Wisconsin on March 27, 1996.

The Consent Decree resolves the claim alleged against defendant,

For Howard Corporation (``Fort Howard''), under the Clean Air Act

(``the Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. The proposed Consent Decree

provides that Fort Howard shall not operate Boiler 8 at its facility

located at 1919 South Broadway, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin,

above a heat input rate of 235 million British Thermal Units

[``MMBTU''] per hour, and shall permanently and physically derate

Boiler 8 such that it shall not be capable of operating at a heat input

rate greater than 250 MMBTU. The proposed consent Decree also provides

for the payment by Fort Howard of a civil penalty of $350,000 for its

alleged failure to comply with the Act and with New Source Performance

Standards for Sulfur Dioxide for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generators, 40

C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart D.

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

days from the date of this publication comments

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relating to the proposed consent Decree. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural

Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611,

Washington, D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States v. Fort

Howard Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-1893.

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

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 517 E.

Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, at the Office of Regional

Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 200

West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 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 also be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a

copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.00 (25 cents per page

reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''

Joel Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 96-8557 Filed 4-5-96; 8:45 am]

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