# Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** March 20, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 13393

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United
States v. LTV Steel Company, Civil Action No. 97C-623, was been lodged
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Illinois on February 2, 1997.
The Consent Decree resolves claims alleged against defendant, LTV
Steel Company (``LTV''), under the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C.
Sec. 7401 et seq. in connection with emissions from its coke batteries.
The proposed Consent Decree provides for the payment by LTV of a civil
penalty of $1,250,000, for its alleged failure to comply with its
construction permit issued pursuant to the Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) program and of applicable National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), 40 C.F.R.
Secs. 63.304(b)(1)(iii) and 63.304(b)(1)(iv). LTV has also agreed to
install a system of ``jumper pipes'' which will vent the emissions from
one coke battery into the next battery in series, where the emissions
will be used as fuel for combustion.
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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and
should refer to United States v. LTV Steel Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
1945.
The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 S.
Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604, at the Office of Regional
Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 200
West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 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 also be obtained in
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-7107 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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