[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 134 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36162-36163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17136]
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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 CFR 50.7, notice is
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America
v. ASARCO, Incorporated, Civil Action No. 8:CV94-188, was lodged on
June 28, 1995 with the United States District Court for the District of
Nebraska. The Consent Decree resolves civil claims against ASARCO for
unpermitted discharges of wastewater containing lead and other
pollutants from the Omaha, Nebraska lead refinery in violation of the
Clean Water Act. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Settling Defendants
will pay a civil penalty of $3.25 million, will implement two
supplemental environmental projects at a cost of $1 million, and will
perform interim and final injunctive measures to control pollutant
discharges.
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
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General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department
of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044. Comments should
refer to United States of America v. ASARCO, Incorporated, DOJ Ref.
#90-5-1-1-4113.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney, Zorinsky Federal Building, 214 N. 17th Street,
Omaha, Nebraska; the Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection
Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas; and at the Consent
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 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 $8.50
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``Consent Decree
Library.''
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-17136 Filed 7-12-95; 8:45 am]
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