[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15431-15432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8338]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with the policy of the United States Department of 
Justice, as provided in 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
March 17, 1998, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. Rail 
Services, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:98CV-194-H, was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The 
proposed Decree resolves the claims of the Plaintiffs, the United 
States and the Natural Resources Protection Cabinet of the Commonwealth 
of Kentucky, contained in the Complaint, which seeks civil penalties 
and corrective action for Defendants' violations of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., and its 
implementing regulations, at its rail car servicing facility near 
Calvert City, Kentucky.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires Rail Services to undertake 
various remedial measures and corrective action at its applicable 
federal

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and state hazardous waste laws and regulations.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments concerning the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C., 20044, and 
should refer to United States v. Rail Services, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-
728B.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following 
offices: (1) the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Kentucky, 510 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky; (2) the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, 
S.W., Atlanta, Georgia; and (3) the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005 (telephone (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, N.W., 4th 
Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. Please refer to the referenced case. 
There is a photocopying charge of $0.25 per page. The total cost for a 
copy of the proposed Decree and its attachments is $18.00. All checks 
should be made payable to ``Consent Decree Library.''
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-8338 Filed 3-30-98; 8:45 am]
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