[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16114-16115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8861]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Consent Judgment Pursuant to the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act, and the Clean Water Act

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, 38 Fed. 
Reg. 19029, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Wormuth Brothers Foundry, Inc., Civil Action No. 96-
CV-0520 (FJS) (N.D.N.Y), was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Northern District of New York on March 29, 1996. The 
proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' claims against 
Wormuth for multiple violations of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act, as amended (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6900 et seq., and 
violations of the wetlands provisions of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
1251 et seq., at its iron smelting foundry in Athens, New York. The 
Consent Decree requires the Defendant to perform investigations and 
undertake corrective action to close the drum storage areas, grade and 
cap a filled area of wetlands, and monitor groundwater, surface water, 
and sediments at and around the foundry. The Consent Decree also 
provides that Wormuth will pay a civil penalty of $60,000, based on its 
financial ability.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30 
days from the date of this publication, written 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. Wormuth Brothers Foundry, Inc., Civil Action No. 
96-CV-0520 (FJS) (N.D.N.Y.), D.O.J. Ref. No. 90-7-1-707.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, James T. Foley Federal Building, 445 Broadway, 
Albany, New York 12207; at the Region II Office of the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 
10278; and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the 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 enclose a

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check in the amount of $10.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) 
payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 96-8861 Filed 4-10-96; 8:45 am]
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