99-9145. Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18049-18050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9145]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Galatin 
Steel Company, Civil Action No. 99-30 was lodged on February 25, 1999, 
with the United

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States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The United 
States filed this action pursuant to Section 113(b) of the Clean Air 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) for civil penalties and injunctive relief.
    Gallatin Steel (Gallatin) was issued a synthetic minor source 
permit by the Kentucky Division of Air Quality (KDAQ) in 1993. The 
complaint alleged that Gallatin exceeded its minor source permit limit 
for nitrogen oxides NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO) from its 
electric arc furnaces (EAFs); violated NOx emissions limits 
at its reheat furnace; constructed emissions units of regulated 
pollutants without a permit; started up the EAFs without operating its 
emission control equipment in violation of its permit; and circumvented 
the Clean Air Act's requirements to assure Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration (PSD) of air quality in violation of Section 165 of the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7475, and 401 KAR 51:017, Section 8(1).
    The consent decree provides that Galatin will pay a civil penalty 
of $450,000 and will perform a Supplemental Environmental Projects 
(SEP) designed to reduce NOx and CO at the Gallatin 
facility. The cost to Gallatin for the SEP will be not less than 
$750,000. The consent decree does not provide for injunctive relief 
because Gallatin received and is in compliance with a PSD permit issued 
from KDAQ.
    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 Attorney General 
for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to: United States v. 
Gallatin Steel Company DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-2115.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky, 110 West Vine, 
Lexington, Kentucky 40596 and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, [phone]. 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., 3rd Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-9145 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]
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