[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55639-55640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27852]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree in Clean Water Act 
Enforcement Action

    In accordance with the Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a Consent Decree in United States v. Coastal Coal 
Company, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 2:98CV97 was lodged with the 
United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia 
on September 28, 1998. This Consent Decree resolves the United States' 
claims against the named defendants under Section 309(b) and 309(d) of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1319(b) and 1319(d), for 
discharging pollutants in violation of a National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit at the T & T Fuels Mine No. 2 in 
Preston County, West Virginia. The Consent Decree requires Coastal Coal 
Company, LLC and Coastal Coal Company--West Virginia, LLC to implement 
a remediation project at the T & T Fuels Mine No. 2 site to abate 
continuing discharges of acid mine drainage. The Consent Decree also 
requires the Coastal companies to pay a civil penalty of $100,000 and 
requires defendant FSS Holdings, Inc. to pay a civil penalty of 
$10,000.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments on the 
proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this notice. Please address comments to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, 
D.C. 20044 and refer to

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United States v. Coastal Coal Company, et al., DOJ No. 90-5-1-4287-1.
    Copies of the proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Office 
of the United States Attorney, Northern District of West Virginia, 100 
Main Street, Room 200, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003; EPA Region III, 
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103; and at the Consent Decree 
Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 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, N.W., 
4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. When requesting a copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree, please enclose a check to cover the twenty-
five cents per page reproduction costs payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library'' in the amount of $10, and please reference United States v. 
Coastal Coal Company, et al., DOJ No. 90-5-1-1-4287-1.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 98-27852 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am]
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