[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7945]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United 
States v. Acme Steel Company, Civil Action No. 96 C 2076, has been 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Northern District 
of Illinois on March 12, 1998.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims asserted against defendant, Acme 
Steel Company (``Acme''), under the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 
7401 et seq., for violations of opacity and particulate matter emission 
limits relating to emissions from Acme's Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) 
Shop. Acme has completed various improvements to its BOF Shop and will 
provide a certification that it is now in compliance with applicable 
requirements of the Act, the Illinois SIP and specified permits. Under 
the Consent Decree, Acme will pay a civil penalty of $410,000. In 
addition, Acme will construct a fugitive emission collection system 
that will reduce particulate emissions at Acme's BOF Shop below levels 
currently required under the Illinois SIP, and Acme will implement dust 
control measures to reduce emissions from its coke plant.
    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, DC 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Acme Steel Company, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-
1-1964.
    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 (contact Jonathan Haile), at the 
Office of Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region V, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60606 
(contact Robert Thompson), 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 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 $8.75 (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. 98-7945 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]
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