[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16114-16115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8861]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Consent Judgment Pursuant to the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, and the Clean Water Act
In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 Fed.
Reg. 19029, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Wormuth Brothers Foundry, Inc., Civil Action No. 96-
CV-0520 (FJS) (N.D.N.Y), was lodged with the United States District
Court for the Northern District of New York on March 29, 1996. The
proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims against
Wormuth for multiple violations of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as amended (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6900 et seq., and
violations of the wetlands provisions of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1251 et seq., at its iron smelting foundry in Athens, New York. The
Consent Decree requires the Defendant to perform investigations and
undertake corrective action to close the drum storage areas, grade and
cap a filled area of wetlands, and monitor groundwater, surface water,
and sediments at and around the foundry. The Consent Decree also
provides that Wormuth will pay a civil penalty of $60,000, based on its
financial ability.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30
days from the date of this publication, written 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. Wormuth Brothers Foundry, Inc., Civil Action No.
96-CV-0520 (FJS) (N.D.N.Y.), D.O.J. Ref. No. 90-7-1-707.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the
United States Attorney, James T. Foley Federal Building, 445 Broadway,
Albany, New York 12207; at the Region II Office of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York
10278; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th
Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 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 enclose a
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check in the amount of $10.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs)
payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8861 Filed 4-10-96; 8:45 am]
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