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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Gulf 
States Steel, Inc., Civil Action No. CV 94-AR-1972-M was lodged on 
August 12, 1994, with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Alabama. Gulf States Steel, Inc. (Gulf States) owns and 
operates an integrated steel mill located in Gadsden, Alabama. This 
action for civil penalties and injunctive relief under Section 3008(a) 
and (g) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 
6928(a) and (g), was filed against Gulf States on August 12, 1994. The 
complaint alleged violations of RCRA Sections 3004 and 3005, 42 U.S.C. 
6924 and 6925, and violations of regulations promulgated by EPA at 40 
CFR part 265 pursuant to Sections 2002 and 3004 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6912 
and 6924. The company has agreed to a settlement of $1.1 million in 
this action. Of that amount, $800,000 will be initially paid as a civil 
penalty. The remaining $300,000 will be used by Gulf States, subject to 
EPA approval, to undertake pollution abatement projects. In addition, 
Gulf States has agreed to develop a site specific groundwater 
monitoring plan for its wastewater ditch system at the facility; it has 
agreed to develop closure and post-closure plans for the entire 
wastewater ditch system; it has agreed to maintain two bonds in the 
amount of $1.1 million for financial assurance for the wastewater ditch 
system; and it has agreed to perform corrective action at the facility 
pursuant to Section 3008(h) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6928(h).
    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 Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Gulf States Steel, Inc. DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-725.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama, Room 200, Robert 
S. Vance Federal Building, 1800 Fifth Avenue, North Birmingham, 
Alabama; Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, 
345 Courtland Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30365; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 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 $11.50 (24 
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. 94-20853 Filed 8-24-94; 8:45 am]
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