[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3396]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of 
America v. Southern Ohio Coal Company, Civil Action No. C2-96-0097, was 
lodged on January 30, 1996, with the United States District Court for 
the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. The proposed consent 
decree would require the Settling Defendant to: (1) Perform actions 
necessary to restore two stream systems affected by certain of its 
discharges; (2) perform a detailed assessment and improvement plan for 
the entire watershed of the more severely affected stream system; (3) 
pay to the United States $1.9 million for damages to natural resources; 
(4) pay to the State of West Virginia $100,000 for benefaction of 
aquatic communities or habitat in the Ohio River; (5) pay to the United 
States a civil penalty of $300,000; and (6) reimburse the United States 
for $240,200 in costs incurred in connection with monitoring and 
assessing the impact of the discharges at issue.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
DC 20044. Comments should refer to United States of America v. Southern 
Ohio Coal Company, DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-5033.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, 2 Nationwide Plaza, 280 N. High Street, 4th 
Floor, Columbus, OH 43215; the Region V the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
IL 60604-3590; 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.
    In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$37.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``Consent 
Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-3396 Filed 2-14-96; 8:45 am]
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