Notice of Lodging of First Amendment to Modify Consent Decree Under Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of First Amendment to Modify Consent Decree

Under Clean Air Act

Notice is hereby given that a proposed First Amendment To Modify

Consent Decree in United States v. USS/KOBE Steel Company, Case No.

1:92CV1928, was lodged on September 25, 1998 with the United States

District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The proposed First

Amendment modifies a consent decree that was entered by the district

court on November 23, 1992, in an action brought under the Clean Air

Act.

The proposed First Amendment To Modify Consent Decree requires the

defendant to pay a stipulated penalty in the amount of $440,000 and

modifies some of the injunctive relief provided for in the original

consent decree that was entered in 1992 by adding continuous emission

monitoring, an interim CO limit, and significantly increased stipulated

penalties.

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

days from the date of this publication comments relating the proposed

First Amendment To Modify Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed

to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources

Division, U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin

Station, Washington, D.C. 20044, and should refer to United States v.

USS/KOBE Steel Company, Case No. 1:92CV1928, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-1714A.

The proposed First Amendment To Modify Consent Decree may be

examined at any of the following offices: (1) the United States

Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1800 Bank One Center, 600

Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2600 (contact Assistant

U.S. Attorney Arthur I. Harris); (2) the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-

3590 (contact Assistant Regional Counsel Debra Klassman); and (3) at

the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Third Floor,

Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. Copies of the proposed Consent

Decree may be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree

Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., Third 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 charge)

payable to Consent Decree Library.

Joel M. Gross,

Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural

Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 98-26979 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]

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