[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 239 (Friday, December 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32479]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of a Consent Decree Pursuant to Clean Water Act 
and Rivers and Harbors Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. United 
Winner Metals, Inc., et al., Civ. No. 2:97CV1117 (E.D. Va.), was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Virginia on November 25, 1997. This case arises, and the proposed 
Consent Decree secures relief, under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 
Secs. 1251-1387, and the Rivers & Harbors Act, 33 U.S.C. Secs. 401-
467n.
    The proposed Consent Decree would provide for (1) prohibitions of 
future spillage at the United Winner Metal (``UWM'') scrap metal 
handling facility and certain restrictions on handling operations 
there; (2) the cleanup of scrap metal from large areas of river bottom 
at both of the relevant sites; (3) bulkhead construction actions at the 
UWM scrap metal handling facility; (4) wetland creation, preservation 
and enhancement actions on other portions of that facility; and (5) a 
$300,000 penalty under the Clean Water Act.
    The Department of Justice will receive, until thirty (30) days from 
the date of this notice, written comments relating to the proposed 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the United States 
Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney General, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, 601 D Street, N.W., Suite 8000, Washington, 
D.C. 20004, to the attention of Lewis M. Barr, Senior Trial Counsel, 
Environmental Defense Section, and should refer to United States v. 
United Winner Metals, Inc., et al., Civ. No. 2:97CV1117 (E.D. Va.), and 
to DJ Reference No. 90-5-1-1-4310.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 
Walter E. Hoffman United States Courthouse, 600 Grandby Street, Room 
193, Norfolk, VA 23510, during regular business hours, or a copy may be 
requested from Lewis M. Barr at (202) 514-4206.
Letitia J. Grishaw,
Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division.
[FR Doc. 97-32479 Filed 12-11-97; 8:45 am]
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