[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 222 (Friday, November 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58591-58592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29285]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act and Clean Water Act Civil Enforcement Action

    In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, notice 
is hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. Wheeling-
Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, Civil Action No. 5-96-3CV-20, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of West 
Virginia on November 4, 1996.
    On February 5, 1996, the United States filed a complaint against 
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation (Wheeling-Pittsburgh) alleging 
violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq. (``Clean Water Act'' or ``CWA''), and the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., as amended (``RCRA''), 
occurring at its facility in Follansbee, West Virginia (the 
``Follansbee plant''). The complaint alleged that Wheeling-Pittsburgh 
violated the Clean Water Act by discharging oil and other pollutants in 
violation of the terms of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination 
System (``NPDES'') permit. The complaint also alleged that Wheeling-
Pittsburgh violated RCRA by storing hazardous wastes in excess of 90 
days without the permit of interim status required for such storage. 
The proposed Consent Decree resolves Wheeling-Pittsburgh's liability 
for these violations. The Decree requires Wheeling-Pittsburgh to comply 
with the relevant requirements of the CWA and RCRA and to pay a civil 
penalty of $200,000 for the alleged violation.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
these proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044 and refer to United States v. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel 
Corp., DOJ Nos. 90-5-1-4159/90-7-1-781.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, Northern District of West Virginia, 1100 
Main Street, Suite 200, Horne Building, Wheeling, West Virginia, 26003; 
Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 Chestnut 
Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 
624-

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0892). A copy of the proposed 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. When requesting a copy of the proposed Consent 
Decree, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-five cents per page 
reproduction costs payable to the ``Consent Decree Library'' in the 
amount of $4.50.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-29285 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]
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