[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-24095]
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[Federal Register: September 29, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water
Act
In accordance with the policy of the Department of Justice, 28 CFR
50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United
States and State of Arizona v. Magma Copper Co., Civ. No. 94-639-TUC-
RMB, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District
of Arizona, on September 8, 1994. That action was brought against
defendant pursuant to the Clean Water Act (``the Act'') for penalties
and injunctive relief as a result of unauthorized discharges from three
of the defendant's copper mining facilities located near Globe,
Arizona. This decree requires the settlor to pay $625,000 in civil
penalties to the United States and State of Arizona and $50,000 to the
United States Forest Service to improve fish habitat in streams in the
area, and to perform measures at Magma's Pinto Valley Operations to
bring it into compliance with the Act. In addition, Magma is required
to perform a Supplemental Environmental Project, which consists of
remediating contamination at the abandoned Old Dominion Mine Site in
Globe, Arizona.
The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the
proposed consent decree for a period of 30 days from the date of this
publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530. All comments should refer to United
States and State of Arizona v. Magma Copper Co., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-
3975.
The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, 4000 United States
Courthouse, 230 North First Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85025, at the
Region IX office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, California 94105, and at the Consent Decree
Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 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 $12.25 for the decree (25 cents
per page reproduction costs) payable to the Consent Decree Library.
When requesting a copy, please refer to United States and State of
Arizona v. Magma Copper Co., D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-3975.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-24095 Filed 9-28-94; 8:45 am]
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