[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19037]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'')

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. 
Hawaiian Western Steel, et al., Civil Action No. 92-00587 ACK 
(D.Hawaii), was lodged on June 30, 1997 with the United States District 
Court for the District of Hawaii. This Consent Decree resolves penalty 
and corrective action claims brought by the United States against 
Cominco, Inc., pursuant to Section 3008 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6928. Among other things, the settling 
defendant disposed of hazardous waste at two sites within the Campbell 
Industrial Park, Ewa Beach, Hawaii (``the Site'') located on the island 
of Oahu, Hawaii. The Consent Decree provides that Cominco will pay 
$425,000 to the United States Treasury for penalties related to the 
violations alleged in the Complaint, and will complete corrective 
action at one site should the prior settling parties fail to complete 
the work.
    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 for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. Hawaiian Western Steel, et al., DOJ #90-7-1-659A.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Room 6100, PJKK Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana 
Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850; the Region IX office of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 
94105; 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, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check for the reproduction costs. If you want a copy of the Consent 
Decree, then the amount of the check should be $5.50 (22 pages at 25 
cents per page). The check should be made payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-19037 Filed 7-18-97; 8:45 am]
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