Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water

Act

In accordance with departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is

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

Steel Company, Civil Action No. 2:96CV-097 JM, was lodged on September

4, 1997 with the United States District Court for the Northern District

of Indiana. The proposed consent decree settles pending Clean Water Act

claims against Inland Steel Company in connection with its Harbor Works

steelmaking facility in East Chicago, Indiana. The consent decree

settles these claims in exchange for Inland's commitment to comply with

the Clean Water Act in the future, a civil penalty of $150,000, and a

supplemental environmental project consisting of spill control

improvements at fueling stations at the Inland facility.

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. Inland Steel Company, Civil Action No. 2:96CV-097 JM,

and the Department of Justice Reference No. 90-5-1-1-4282. The proposed

consent decree may be examined at the Office of the United States

Attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 1001 Main Street, Suite A,

Dyer, Indiana 46311; the Region 5 Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-

3590; 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 enclose a

check in the amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),

payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 97-27774 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]

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