[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 18444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9970]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to The Clean Water
Act
In accordance with Department of Justice policy and 28 CFR 50.7,
notice is hereby given that on March 26, 1998, a proposed consent
decree in United States v. J&L Specialty Steel, Inc. Civil Action No.
5:96CV 0456, was lodged in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Ohio. The Complaint filed by the United States in
this action asserted claims for injunctive relief and the assessment of
civil penalties against J&L Specialty Steel, Inc. (``J&L'') under
Section 309 (b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act (``the Act''), 33 U.S.C.
Sec. 1319 (b) and (d), for: violating certain terms and conditions of a
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit
issued in 1983 for J&L's Louisville, Ohio facility; submitting
inaccurate information in an application for a new NPDES permit; and
failing to provide information requested by U.S. EPA pursuant to
Section 308 of the Act.
The proposed consent decree requires J&L to comply with the Act and
certain terms and conditions of its current NPDES permit. The proposed
decree specifies various measures to be implemented by J&L to assure
such compliance, including: (1) Elimination of process contact water
flow and non-contact cooling water flow from one outfall at the
facility; (2) demonstration of compliance with Foam and Sheen
provisions of J&L's NPDES permit or development and implementation of a
plan to control such discharges from J&L's facility; (3) installation
of means to accurately monitor flow from a specified outfall at J&L's
facility; and (4) a requirement to achieve and certify compliance with
the information requests that EPA previously issued to J&L. In
addition, the proposed Consent Decree requires J&L to pay the United
States $200,000.00 in civil penalties and to implement three
Supplemental Environmental Projects, with estimated costs to J&L of
approximately $370,000.00.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044,
and should refer to United States v. J&L Specialty Steel, Inc., D.J.
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4212.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following
offices: (1) the United States Attorney for the Northern District of
Ohio, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, OH
44114-2600 (contact Assistant United States Attorney Arthur I. Harris);
(2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Associate Regional
Counsel Joseph Williams); and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-624-0892. Copies
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, telephone (202) 624-0892. For a copy of the
Consent Decree please enclose a check in the amount of $8.25 (25 cents
per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-9970 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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