[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 96 (Thursday, May 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-12237]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, and pursuant 
to section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(g) notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. 
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Civil Action No. 92-5213, was lodged on 
May 5, 1994 with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania.
    The Consent Decree concerns violations of the Clean Air Act, 42 
U.S.C. 7401 et seq. (``the Act''), and National Emission Standard for 
Hazardous Pollutants for Benzene Emissions from Coke By-Product 
Recovery Plants, 40 CFR part 61, subpart L (``Benzene Coke NESHAP''), 
promulgated under Section 112 of the Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7412, 
at the defendant's coke by-product recovery plants located in 
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and in Sparrows Point, Maryland.
    The complaint in this action alleged that the defendant failed to 
come into compliance with the Benzene Coke NESHAP until nine months and 
three months after the respective deadlines established in compliance 
waivers EPA granted to defendant for the Bethlehem and Sparrows Point 
coke by-product plants. The complaint also alleged violations of 
reporting requirements to which the defendant was subject under the 
compliance waivers and under 40 CFR 61.10. The proposed Consent Decree 
requires defendant to comply with the Benzene Coke NESHAP in its future 
operations at the Bethlehem and Sparrows Point plants, and to pay a 
$650,000 civil penalty, plus interest.
    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, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation (E.D. Pa.) DOJ Ref. #90-5-2-1-
1729.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1300 Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania 19106; the Region III Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
19107; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
floor, Washington, DC 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, NW., 4th floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $6.00 (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. 94-12237 Filed 5-18-94; 8:45 am]
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