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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Lodging of Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal Pursuant to 
the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal 
in United States v. A. P. Green Industries, Inc., Civil Action No. 93-C 
804B, was lodged on March 11, 1994 with the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
    On September 7, 1993, the United States filed a Complaint pursuant 
to Section 309 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319, against A.P. 
Green Industries, Inc., for discharging pollutants to the waters of the 
United States without a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
(``NPDES'') permit in violation of section 301(a) of the Clean Water 
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a). Subsequently, the United States and A.P. Green 
Industries, Inc. reached a settlement which resolves the issues set 
forth in the Complaint. The settlement includes the payment of $450,000 
in civil penalties by A.P. Green Industries, Inc. and is embodied in a 
Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20530, and should refer to United States v. A.P. Green Industries, 
Inc., DOJ Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-3956.
    The proposed Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal may be 
examined at the office of the United States Attorney, U.S. Courthouse, 
room 3900, 333 West Fourth Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103; the Region VI 
Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, 
Dallas, Texas 75202; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, 
NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 
proposed Joint Stipulation and Order of Dismissal may be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 
4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to 
the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $1.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
John C. Cruden,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 94-8959 Filed 4-13-94; 8:45 am]
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