[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3396]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice
is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of
America v. Southern Ohio Coal Company, Civil Action No. C2-96-0097, was
lodged on January 30, 1996, with the United States District Court for
the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. The proposed consent
decree would require the Settling Defendant to: (1) Perform actions
necessary to restore two stream systems affected by certain of its
discharges; (2) perform a detailed assessment and improvement plan for
the entire watershed of the more severely affected stream system; (3)
pay to the United States $1.9 million for damages to natural resources;
(4) pay to the State of West Virginia $100,000 for benefaction of
aquatic communities or habitat in the Ohio River; (5) pay to the United
States a civil penalty of $300,000; and (6) reimburse the United States
for $240,200 in costs incurred in connection with monitoring and
assessing the impact of the discharges at issue.
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington,
DC 20044. Comments should refer to United States of America v. Southern
Ohio Coal Company, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-5033.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, 2 Nationwide Plaza, 280 N. High Street, 4th
Floor, Columbus, OH 43215; the Region V the Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
IL 60604-3590; and at the 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.
In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of
$37.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``Consent
Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-3396 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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