Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is

hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Gulf

States Steel, Inc., Civil Action No. CV 94-AR-1972-M was lodged on

August 12, 1994, with the United States District Court for the Northern

District of Alabama. Gulf States Steel, Inc. (Gulf States) owns and

operates an integrated steel mill located in Gadsden, Alabama. This

action for civil penalties and injunctive relief under Section 3008(a)

and (g) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C.

6928(a) and (g), was filed against Gulf States on August 12, 1994. The

complaint alleged violations of RCRA Sections 3004 and 3005, 42 U.S.C.

6924 and 6925, and violations of regulations promulgated by EPA at 40

CFR part 265 pursuant to Sections 2002 and 3004 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6912

and 6924. The company has agreed to a settlement of $1.1 million in

this action. Of that amount, $800,000 will be initially paid as a civil

penalty. The remaining $300,000 will be used by Gulf States, subject to

EPA approval, to undertake pollution abatement projects. In addition,

Gulf States has agreed to develop a site specific groundwater

monitoring plan for its wastewater ditch system at the facility; it has

agreed to develop closure and post-closure plans for the entire

wastewater ditch system; it has agreed to maintain two bonds in the

amount of $1.1 million for financial assurance for the wastewater ditch

system; and it has agreed to perform corrective action at the facility

pursuant to Section 3008(h) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6928(h).

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 General for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division,

Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to

United States v. Gulf States Steel, Inc. DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-725.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the

United States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama, Room 200, Robert

S. Vance Federal Building, 1800 Fifth Avenue, North Birmingham,

Alabama; Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV,

345 Courtland Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30365; and at the Consent

Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-624-

0892. 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., 4th

floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy, please refer to

the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $11.50 (24

cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree

Library.

John C. Cruden,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 94-20853 Filed 8-24-94; 8:45 am]

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