75344 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 241 / Thursday, December 16, 2004 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree 

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act 

Notice is hereby given that a proposed 

Consent Decree in United States of 

America and the State of Alabama v. 

Knoxville Utilities Board, Civ. No. 3:04–

CV–568, and Tennessee Clean Water 

Network. v. Knoxville Utilities Board,

Civ. No. 3:03–CV–497, was lodged on 

December 1, 2004, with the United 

States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Tennessee, Northern 

Division. 

The proposed Consent Decree would 

resolve certain claims under Sections 

301 and 402 of the Clean Water Act, 33 

U.S.C. 1251, et seq., against the 

Knoxville Utilities Board (‘‘KUB’’), 

through the performance of injunctive 

measures, the payment of a civil 

penalty, and the performance of 

Supplemental Environmental Projects 

(‘‘SEPs’’). The United States, the State of 

Tennessee and Tennessee Clean Water 

Network, allege that KUB is liable as a 

person who has discharged a pollutant 

from a point source to navigable waters 

of the United States without a permit 

and, in some cases, in excess of permit 

limitations. 

The proposed Consent Decree would 

resolve the liability of KUB for the 

violations alleged in the complaints 

filed in these matters. To resolve these 

claims, KUB would perform the 

injunctive measures valued at over $500 

million and described in the proposed 

Consent Decree; would pay a civil 

penalty of $334,000 ($167,000 to the 

United States Treasury and $167,000 to 

the State of Tennessee in the form of an 

environmental project); and would 

perform a SEP valued at $2 million, 

which involves the installation of new 

private sewer laterals in low- and 

middle-income households within 

KUB’s service area. The Department of 

Justice will receive comments relating to 

the proposed Consent Decree for a 

period of thirty (30) days from the date 

of this publication. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044 and should refer to United States

v. Knoxville Utilities Board, DJ No. 90–

5–1–1–08186. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the office of the United 

States Attorney for the Eastern District 

of Tennessee, 800 Market Street, 

Knoxville, TN 37901, and at the Region 

4 Office of the Environmental Protection 

Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 

Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta GA 30303. 

During the public comment period, the 

decree may also be examined on the 

following Department of Justice Web 

site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/

open.html. A copy of the decree may 

also be obtained by mail from the 

Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 

U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, 

DC 20044–7611, or by faxing or emailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library, 

please enclose a check in the amount of 

$29.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 

cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury. The 

check should refer to United States v. 

Knoxville Utilities Board, DJ No. 90–5–

1–1–08186.

Ellen Mahan, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

Notice is hereby given that on 

December 6, 2004, an electronic version 

of a proposed consent decree was 

lodged in United States v. Marzone, 

Inc., et al., No. 7:02–CV–43 (M.D. Ga.). 

In the civil action, the United States 

alleges claims on behalf of the 

Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) against 

Defendants Chevron U.S.A., Inc.; 

Chevron Environmental Management 

Company; Kova Fertilizers, Inc.; Kova of 

Georgia, Inc.; Hercules Incorporated; 

Gold-Kist, Inc.; United States Steel 

Corporation (formerly USX 

Corporation); Velsicol Chemical 

Corporation; Universal Cooperative, 

Inc.; Traylor Chemical & Supply 

Company; Uniroyal Chemical Company, 

Inc.; Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; 

Boise Cascade Corporation; El Paso 

Corporation; El Paso Tennessee Pipeline 

Company; EPEC Polymers, Inc.; Exxon 

Mobil Corporation; Estech, Inc.; Mr. 

Charles Ray Taylor and Harper 

Enterprises, Inc. under Section 107 of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9607, in 

connection with the Marzone, Inc./

Chevron Chemical Company Superfund 

Site in Tifton, Georgia (the ‘‘Site’’). 

Under the consent decree, the 

defendants will pay $3.3 million, which 

will be placed into a Superfund special 

account for the site. The covenant not to 

sue will apply to past costs and certain 

remedial action for operable unit 2 of 

the Site. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the consent Decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States v. Marzone, Inc., et al., No. 7:02–

CV–43 (M.D. Ga.), DOJ # 90–11–3–274/

1. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at the Office of the United States 

Attorney for the Middle District of 

Georgia, 433 Cherry St., Macon, Georgia 

31202. During the public comment 

period, the Consent Decree may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site: http://

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy 

of the Consent Decree may also be 

obtained by mail from the Consent 

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, or by faxing or e-mailing a 

request to Tonia Fleetwood, 

tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov, Fax No. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a 

copy from the Consent Decree Library, 

please enclose a check in the amount of 

$12.00 (25 cents per page reproduction 

cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen M. Mahan, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Alliance for 

Telecommunications Industry 

Solutions 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 20, 2004, pursuant to section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Alliance for Telecommunications 

Industry Solutions (‘‘ATIS’’) has filed 

written notifications simultaneously 

with the Attorney General and the 

Federal Trade Commission disclosing 

(1) the name and principal place of