[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 9050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3908]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clear Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in National 
Wildlife Federation, et al., v. Copper Range Company (W.D. Mich.), Case 
No. 2:92-CV-186, entered into by plaintiffs National Wildlife 
Federation, Michigan United Conservation Clubs, United States of 
America, State of Michigan, and State of Wisconsin and defendant Copper 
Range Company was lodged on January 31, 1995 with the United States 
District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The proposed 
Consent Decree resolves certain claims of the plaintiffs against the 
defendant under the Clear Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., section 103 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9603, sections 304 and 313 of the Emergency 
Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 11004, 11023, and 
certain other state statutes relating to defendant's smelting operation 
located on Highway 64 in White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan. Under 
the proposed Consent Decree, Copper Range has agreed that if it is to 
continue operating its smelter in the future, it will implement 
extensive injunctive relief to bring it into compliance with the Clean 
Air Act, including the construction of a new smelter. The proposed 
Consent Decree also requires Copper Range to pay a total of $4.8 
million in civil penalties and third party supplemental environmental 
projects as follows: $1.6 million to the United States; $3.0 million to 
the Michigan/Wisconsin Lake Superior Basin Trust Fund established 
pursuant to the Consent Decree; and $200,000 to the State of Michigan.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree for 30 days following the publication of this 
Notice. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to National Wildlife 
Federation, et al., v. Copper Range Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
1852. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 399 
Federal Building, 110 Michigan St. NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503; 
the Region V Office of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604; 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 of 
the Consent Decree with exhibits, please enclose a check in the amount 
of $43.75 (25 cents per page for reproduction costs), payable to the 
Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy of the Consent Decree 
without exhibits, please enclosed a check in the amount of $19.00 (25 
cents per page for reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Bruce S. Gelber,
Acting Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-3908 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]
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