[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34204]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

    In accordance with Departmental police, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United States v. USX 
Corporation, Civil Action No. CV-97-G-3188-S was lodged on December 11, 
1997, with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of Alabama. USX Corporation owns and operates an integrated steel mill 
located in Birmingham, Alabama. This action for civil penalties and 
injunctive relief under Section 3008 (a) and (g) of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6928 (a) and (g), was 
filed against USX on December 11, 1997. The complaint alleged 
violations of RCRA Sections 3004 and 3005, 42 U.S.C. 6924 and 6925, and 
the implementing regulations. USX has agreed to pay a civil penalty in 
the amount of $1 million. Also, USX has agreed to perform two 
Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) at the U.S. Steel facility 
in Birmingham, Alabama, at a cost to USX of not less than $1,750,000. 
In addition, USX has agreed to manage, store and dispose of a spent 
flush solvent waste generated at the U.S. Steel facility as a hazardous 
waste and to cease disposing of the spent flush solvent at the Exum 
Landfill at the U.S. Steel facility; it has agreed to secure and 
restrict access to the Exum Landfill; and it has agreed to perform 
corrective action at the facility pursuant to Section 3008(h) of RCRA, 
42 U.S.C. 6928(h).
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of 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. 
USX Corporation DOJ Ref. #90-7-1-802.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama, Room 200, Robert 
S. Vance Federal Building, 1800 Fifth Avenue, North, Birmingham, 
Alabama 35203; Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Region 4, 61 Forsythe Street, S.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303; and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 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 in the amount of $12.75 (25 
cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree 
Library.

Walker Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-34204 Filed 12-31-97; 8:45 am]
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