[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 3056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1319]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v.Yaffe
Iron and Metal Company, Inc., Civil Action No. 95-308-B, was lodged on
December 30, 1996 with the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Oklahoma.
The proposed consent decree relates to Yaffe's twenty-acre metal
reclamation facility located in Muskogee, Oklahoma. This facility is
used to recover aluminum and copper from scrap metal. The complaint in
this civil action alleges that Yaffe discharges process waste water to
an unnamed, intermittent creek, (``UI Creek'') which is connected to
Coody Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River.
The proposed consent decree requires Yaffe to pay a civil penalty
of $150,000.00, complete its application for a NPDES permit, and have
performed, by an independent company, an environmental audit and
correct all violations of environmental statutes disclosed by such
audit.
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
United States v. Yaffee Iron and Metal Company, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-
1-5019.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 33 U.S. Courthouse, 5th & Okmulgee Streets,
Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401; the Region VI Office of the Environmental
Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-
2733; 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 DOJ
Reference Number and enclose a check in the amount of $26.75 (25 cents
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
[FR Doc. 97-1319 Filed 1-17-97; 8:45 am]
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