Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United

States v. Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas was lodged on January 30,

1997 with the United States District Court for the Southern District of

Texas. The proposed Consent Decree requires Formosa to pay a $150,000

civil penalty and conduct a Supplemental Environmental Project at its

Point Comfort, Texas facility. The Supplemental Environmental Project

includes the replacement of two ethylene dichloride cracking furnaces

at Formosa's facility before the end of the useful life of the

furnaces. Replacement of the furnaces before the end of the useful life

of the equipment will reduce emissions from existing furnaces and

reduce the amount of hazardous waste generated by the furnaces.

Contemporaneously with lodging the Consent Decree, the United

States filed an action against Formosa pursuant to the Clean Air Act,

42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq, the Standards of Performance for New Stationary

Sources, 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart VV, and the National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, 40 C.F.R. Part 61, Subparts F,

V, and FF. This action is based upon violations that occurred at

Formosa's facility located in Point Comfort, Texas (``Formosa's

facility'').

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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division,

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

Civil Action No. 97-287, United States v. Formosa Plastics Corporation,

Texas, DOJ Reference Number 90-5-2-1-2005.

The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Region VI Office

of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue 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

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 $4.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel Gross,

Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and

Natural Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-3828 Filed 2-14-97; 8:45 am]

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