[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 72 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 19924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9156]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy and 28 CFR 50.7, the 
Department of Justice gives notice that a proposed consent decree in 
the case captioned United States v. Alcoa Inc., Civil Action No. 
EV0049C-Y/H (S.D. Ind.), was lodged with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Indiana on March 13, 2000. The 
proposed consent decree addresses violations of the Clean Water Act, 33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., by 
Alcoa Inc. (``Alcoa'') at its primary reduction and secondary aluminum 
production plant in Newburgh, Warrick County, Indiana, and would 
resolve the violations alleged in the complaint in the case through the 
date of lodging of the consent decree.
    The proposed consent decree would, among other things, require 
Alcoa to pay the United States a $2.4 million civil penalty (plus 
interest on that amount accruing from the date of lodging), implement 
specified Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act compliance measures, and 
perform a Supplemental Environmental Project estimated by Alcoa to cost 
$5.4 million.
    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, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United 
States Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611, 
and should refer to United States v. Alcoa Inc., Civil Action No. 
EV0049C-Y/H (S.D. Ind.), and DOJ Reference No. 90-5-2-1-2222.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at: (1) the Office of 
the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 46 
East Ohio Street--5th Floor, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204; and (2) the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604 (contact Jeffery Trevino 
(312-886-6729)). A copy of the proposed consent decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611. In requesting copies, please 
refer to the referenced case and DOJ Reference Number, and enclose a 
check for $10.75 (43 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. 00-9156 Filed 4-12-00; 8:45 am]
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