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

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 68298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32824]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. 
Kingsford Manufacturing Company, Civil Action No. 2:98-CV-22 (N.D.W. 
Va.) was lodged with the court on November 24, 1998.
    The proposed decree resolves the claims of the United States 
against Kingsford Manufacturing Company under the Clean Air Act, 42 
U.S.C. 7401, et seq., for civil penalties and injunctive relief to 
redress violations occurring at Kingsford's Beryl, West Virginia char 
manufacturing facility. Under the decree, Kingsford is required to pay 
a civil penalty of $900,000 and is subjected to injunctive relief 
designed to ensure future compliance.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Kingsford Manufacturing Company, Civil Action No. 2:98-CV-22 
(N.D.W. Va.), DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2209.
    The proposed amendment to consent decree may be examined at the 
United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 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, NW, 4th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $6.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-32824 Filed 12-9-98; 8:45 am]
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