[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39892-39893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19737]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with 28 CFR 50.7, the Department of Justice gives 
notice that a proposed consent decree in United States v. Refined 
Metals Corporation, Civil Action No. IP 90-2077-C (S.D. Ind.), was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of Indiana, on July 14, 1998. The proposed consent decree would resolve 
the United States' civil claims against the Refined Metals Corporation 
under the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., and the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., for 
certain of its operations at its facility in Beech Grove, Indiana.
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, defendant Refined 
Metals Corporation will comply with all applicable requirements of the 
CAA and RCRA, perform closure and corrective actions at its plant, and, 
in the event the company recommences operations, install air pollution 
control equipment that will prevent emissions of lead and particulate 
matter in excess of the State Implementation Plan limits. In addition, 
the Decree provides for the payment of a $210,000 civil penalty, 
including

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interest from February 26, 1998, and stipulated penalties for failure 
to comply with the CAA, RCRA, and the Decree.
    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, 
United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should 
refer to United States v. Refined Metals Corporation, Civil Action No. 
IP 90-2077-C (S.D. Ind.) and DOJ Reference No. 90-11-2-469.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) the office of 
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, U.S. 
Courthouse 5th Floor, 46 East Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indian 46204, 
317-226-6333; (2) the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
(Region 5), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590; 
and (3) the U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW., 4th 
Floor, Washington, DC 2005-202-624-0892. In requesting a copy, please 
refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of 
$70.00 (pages at 25 cents per page reproduction costs), made payable to 
the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-19737 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am]
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