Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

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

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

Iron and Metal Company, Inc., Civil Action No. 95-308-B, was lodged on

December 30, 1996 with the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Oklahoma.

The proposed consent decree relates to Yaffe's twenty-acre metal

reclamation facility located in Muskogee, Oklahoma. This facility is

used to recover aluminum and copper from scrap metal. The complaint in

this civil action alleges that Yaffe discharges process waste water to

an unnamed, intermittent creek, (``UI Creek'') which is connected to

Coody Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River.

The proposed consent decree requires Yaffe to pay a civil penalty

of $150,000.00, complete its application for a NPDES permit, and have

performed, by an independent company, an environmental audit and

correct all violations of environmental statutes disclosed by such

audit.

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. Yaffee Iron and Metal Company, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-

1-5019.

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

United States Attorney, 33 U.S. Courthouse, 5th & Okmulgee Streets,

Muskogee, Oklahoma 74401; the Region VI Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-

2733; and at the 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 DOJ

Reference Number and enclose a check in the amount of $26.75 (25 cents

per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 97-1319 Filed 1-17-97; 8:45 am]

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