[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 2265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-911]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR Sec. 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a consent decree in United States v. Bethlehem 
Structural Products Corporation was lodged on December 22, 1997, with 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania. The consent decree resolves the claims of the United 
States under Section 113 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413, for 
violations of the Pennsylvania State Implementation Plan (``SIP'') and 
the applicable National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(``NESHAP'') at BSPC's facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The consent 
decree obligates BSPC undertake an extensive rehabilitation program 
which will ensure compliance with the coke oven NESHAP and the 
requirements of the SIP, BSPC will also pay a civil penalty of $297,500 
under the terms of the consent decree, $178,500 to the United States 
and $119,000 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which will intervene 
as a plaintiff in this action.
    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, D.C., 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Bethlehem Structural Products Corporation, DOJ Ref. 
#90-5-2-1-2111.
    The consent decree may be examined at the office of the United 
States Attorney, 616 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106; 
the Region III Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 841 
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA; and at the Consent Decree Library, 
1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202)624-0892. A 
copy of the consent decree may be obtained in person or by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case 
and enclose a check in the amount of $13.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost), payable to the Consent Decree library. Attachments 
to the consent decree may be obtained for an additional $6.25.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-911 Filed 1-13-98; 8:45 am]
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