Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water

Act, the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Notice is hereby given that a consent decree in United States v.

Weirton Steel Corporation, Civ. Act. No. 5:96-CV-171 (N.D. W.Va.) was

lodged on October 31, 1996.

The proposed decree resolves the claims of the Untied States

Against Weirton Steel Corporation, the only defendant, under the Clean

Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251

et seq., and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901

et seq. for violations occurring at Weirton's steel mill in Weirton,

West Virginia. The decree obligates Weirton (1) to pay a civil penalty

of $3,180,954; (2) to carry out two environmentally beneficial projects

to reduce air pollution below levels allowed by law; and (3) to

implement comprehensive injunctive relief to assure future compliance

with the environmental laws.

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 Environment and Natural Resources Division,

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

United States v. Weirton Steel Corporation, DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4339.

The proposed consent decree may be examined at the United States

Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division,

Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 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 $35.00 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the

Consent Decree Library. Attachments to the proposed consent decree can

be obtained for additional amount.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.

[FR Doc. 96-29282 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]

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