[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34204]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
In accordance with Departmental police, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. USX
Corporation, Civil Action No. CV-97-G-3188-S was lodged on December 11,
1997, with the United States District Court for the Northern District
of Alabama. USX Corporation owns and operates an integrated steel mill
located in Birmingham, Alabama. This action for civil penalties and
injunctive relief under Section 3008 (a) and (g) of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6928 (a) and (g), was
filed against USX on December 11, 1997. The complaint alleged
violations of RCRA Sections 3004 and 3005, 42 U.S.C. 6924 and 6925, and
the implementing regulations. USX has agreed to pay a civil penalty in
the amount of $1 million. Also, USX has agreed to perform two
Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) at the U.S. Steel facility
in Birmingham, Alabama, at a cost to USX of not less than $1,750,000.
In addition, USX has agreed to manage, store and dispose of a spent
flush solvent waste generated at the U.S. Steel facility as a hazardous
waste and to cease disposing of the spent flush solvent at the Exum
Landfill at the U.S. Steel facility; it has agreed to secure and
restrict access to the Exum Landfill; and it has agreed to perform
corrective action at the facility pursuant to Section 3008(h) of RCRA,
42 U.S.C. 6928(h).
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of 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.
USX Corporation DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-802.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama, Room 200, Robert
S. Vance Federal Building, 1800 Fifth Avenue, North, Birmingham,
Alabama 35203; Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, 61 Forsythe Street, S.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303; and at the
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 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 $12.75 (25
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree
Library.
Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-34204 Filed 12-31-97; 8:45 am]
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