Lodging of Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Lodging of Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal Pursuant to

the Clean Water Act

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

hereby given that a proposed Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal

in United States v. A. P. Green Industries, Inc., Civil Action No. 93-C

804B, was lodged on March 11, 1994 with the United States District

Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

On September 7, 1993, the United States filed a Complaint pursuant

to Section 309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, against A.P.

Green Industries, Inc., for discharging pollutants to the waters of the

United States without a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(``NPDES'') permit in violation of section 301(a) of the Clean Water

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a). Subsequently, the United States and A.P. Green

Industries, Inc. reached a settlement which resolves the issues set

forth in the Complaint. The settlement includes the payment of $450,000

in civil penalties by A.P. Green Industries, Inc. and is embodied in a

Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal.

The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the

proposed Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal. Comments should be

addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and

Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC

20530, and should refer to United States v. A.P. Green Industries,

Inc., DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-3956.

The proposed Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal may be

examined at the office of the United States Attorney, U.S. Courthouse,

room 3900, 333 West Fourth Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103; the Region VI

Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue,

Dallas, Texas 75202; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street,

NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the

proposed Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal may be obtained in

person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW.,

4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to

the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $1.75 (25

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. 94-8959 Filed 4-13-94; 8:45 am]

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