[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24512-24513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12111]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Order Modification Pursuant to the 
Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy at 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that on April 30, 1996 a proposed Second Consent Order 
Modification in United States v. New Boston Coke Corporation, Civil 
Action No. C-1-84-1427 was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division. This Second 
Consent Order Modification represents settlement of claims by the 
United States against the New Boston Coke Corporation (``New Boston'') 
for violations of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, and certain terms 
and conditions of a Consent Order Modification entered on September 25, 
1993.
    Under this settlement, New Boston will implement and complete a 
program for construction of a wastewater treatment system to treat all 
direct contact process wastewaters from its coke recovery by-product 
plant, with the treated wastewaters to be discharged to the Ohio River 
pursuant to a modified National Pollution System Discharge Elimination 
System (``NPDES'') permit. New Boston shall then achieve compliance 
with certain limitations for total dissolved solids in its quench water 
by using only river water or non-contact process cooling water as 
makeup water in its quenching operations.
    New Boston shall also comply with certain emission limits in 
connection with activities at its coke battery. In addition, New Boston 
will pay an aggregate civil penalty of $295,000. Stipulated penalties 
may be imposed in the event New Boston does not comply with the 
requirements of the Second Consent Order Modification.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
proposed Second Consent Order Modification for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication. Comments should be addressed to 
the Assistant Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. New Boston Coke Corporation, D.J. # 90-5-2-1-
710B.
    The proposed Second Consent Order Modification may be examined at 
the Office of the United States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, 
220 U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, 100 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, 
Ohio 45202, and at U.S. EPA Region 5, Office of Regional Counsel, 200 
West Adams, Chicago, Illinois 60604, and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. 
A copy of the proposed Second Consent Order Modification 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 $6.75 (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. 96-12111 Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
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