Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Action to Enjoin Violations of the Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Action to Enjoin

Violations of the Clean Air Act

In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 38 FR 19029,

notice is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Civil Action No. C-96-1172 SAW, was

lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District

of California on March 29, 1996.

The Consent Decree resolves claims brought by the United States

pursuant to the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., against the

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation. The complaint alleges that Louisiana-

Pacific violated the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (``PSD'')

Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 165(a) of the Clean Air

Act, 42 U.S.C. 7475(a), and codified at 40 CFR 52.21(a)-(w), when it

failed to obtain a PSD permit prior to construction of a new recovery

boiler at its Samoa, California pulp mill. The complaint also alleges

that Louisiana-Pacific violated the emissions limits set forth in its

Authority to Construct permit, issued by the State of California for

the new recovery boiler.

The Decree requires Louisiana--Pacific to pay a $97,500 civil

penalty for violations of the PSD regulations. The Decree also requires

Louisiana-Pacific to comply prospectively with the PSD regulations and

to submit quarterly self-monitoring data for a period of one year after

Louisiana-Pacific receives an approved PSD permit.

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

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

Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney

General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of

Justice, Washington, DC 20530 and should refer to United States v.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-1758.

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

States Attorney, Northern District of California, Federal Building, 450

Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California; at the Region IX Office

of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San

Francisco, California; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G

Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the

proposed consent decree may be obtained in person of by mail from the

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC

20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the referenced case and

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. 96-9124 Filed 4-11-96; 8:45 am]

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