[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7107]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. LTV Steel Company, Civil Action No. 97C-623, was been lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Northern District of 
Illinois on February 2, 1997.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims alleged against defendant, LTV 
Steel Company (``LTV''), under the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 7401 et seq. in connection with emissions from its coke batteries. 
The proposed Consent Decree provides for the payment by LTV of a civil 
penalty of $1,250,000, for its alleged failure to comply with its 
construction permit issued pursuant to the Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration (PSD) program and of applicable National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), 40 C.F.R. 
Secs. 63.304(b)(1)(iii) and 63.304(b)(1)(iv). LTV has also agreed to 
install a system of ``jumper pipes'' which will vent the emissions from 
one coke battery into the next battery in series, where the emissions 
will be used as fuel for combustion.
    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, 
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. LTV Steel Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-
1945.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 219 S. 
Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois 60604, at the Office of Regional 
Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, 200 
West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, 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 Consent Decree may also be obtained in 
person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a 
copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $7.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) payable to the ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-7107 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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