[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19805-19806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10067]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Under 28 CFR Sec. 50.7 notice is hereby given that on April 14, 
1999, a proposed consent decree in United States v. WCI Steel, Inc., 
Civil Action No. 4:96 CV 659, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
civil penalties under Section 113(b) of the clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7413(b), for violations of the National Emission Standard for Hazardous 
Air Pollutants for Asbestos (``Asbestos NESHAP''), 40 CFR Part 61, 
Subpt, M, the federally approved Ohio State Implementation Plan 
(``SIP''), and an Approval to Construct permit issued pursuant to 
regulations promulgated under Part C of the Act, Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration of Air Quality, at WCI Steel's Warren, Ohio, 
facility. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that WCI violated the 
work practice, inspection, and notice requirements of the Asbestos 
NESHAP, the opacity limits set forth in Ohio Rule AP-3-07 and its 
revised version codified at OAC Rule 3745-17-07 of the Ohio SIP, the 
mass emission limits set forth in Ohio Rule AP-3-12 and its revised 
version codified at OAC Rule 3745-17-11 of the Ohio SIP, and the 
particulate emission limits set forth in WCI's Approval to Construct 
permit. The proposed consent decree provides for injunctive relief 
consisting of an asbestos NESHAP compliance plan, a visible emissions 
monitoring program, and an internal and external inspection and 
evaluation at WCI's electrostatic precipitator stack. In addition, WCI 
will pay a civil penalty of $600,000 to resolve claims under the Clean 
Air Act, the asbestos NESHAP, and the Ohio SIP.
    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 environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States v. WCI Steel, Inc., DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-5027A.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1800 Bank One 
Center, 600 Superior Avenue East, Cleveland, Ohio 44114; at U.S. EPA 
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604; and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 
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, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20005. In requesting a copy 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $8.00 (25 cents per page

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reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 99-10067 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]
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