[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23877]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act and
the Safe Drinking Water Act
Under 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice is hereby given that on August 25,
1997, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Bethlehem Steel
Corp., Civil Action No. 2-96-096, was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
In this action, the United States sought penalties and injunctive
relief for claims under Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act
(``CWA''), 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), for unpermitted discharges of pollutants,
and for claims under Section 1423 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42
U.S.C. 300h-2, for violation of underground injection control (``UIC'')
permits issued by EPA. The claims arose in connection with Bethlehem
Steel Corporation's facility in Burns Harbor, Indiana. Under the
Consent Decree, Bethlehem Steel Corporation will pay a civil penalty of
$441,300 and will perform injunction relief, including the continued
operation and maintenance of a series of dewatering wells designed to
prevent unpermitted discharges of pollutants, the reconstruction of a
blast furnace slag quench basin, and the training of operators of its
underground injection control wells.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to United States v.
Bethlehem Steel Corp., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4271.
The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United
States Attorney, 1001 Main St., Suite A, Dyer, IN 46311, at the Region
5 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604-3590, and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. A copy
of the 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. In requesting a copy, please refer to the above-referenced case
and enclose a check in the amount of $13.75 ($.25 per page reproduction
costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-23877 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]
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