[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33385]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States and State of 
Hawaii v. University of Hawaii, Civil Action Number Cv 00-00806 DAE 
BMK, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District 
of Hawaii on December 18, 2000. On the same day, the United States and 
the State of Hawaii filed a Complaint pursuant to Section 3008 of the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6928, and 
Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 342J-9 against the University of Hawaii 
(UH), alleging violations of federal and state hazardous waste laws at 
four of the University's facilities. The violations included operating 
hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal (TSD) facilities 
without a permit or interim status; failing to mark stored containers 
as ``Hazardous Waste''; failing to mark the accumulation start dates on 
containers in storage facilities; and failing to determine whether 
hazardous wastes were being stored in various storage facilities.
    The proposed Consent Decree, which settles the liability of UH for 
the violations alleged in the Complaint, provides that UH will 
undertake extensive injunctive relief, pay a civil penalty of $505,000 
to be divided between the United States and the State and perform a 
Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) valued at $1.2 million. Under 
the SEP, UH will investigate and implement pollution prevention or 
waste minimization projects on its campuses.
    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 Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044; and 
refer to United States and State of Hawaii v. University of Hawaii, DOJ 
Ref. #90-7-1-06130.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, PJKK Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., 
Honolulu, Hawaii and at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, 
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. A copy of the proposed 
Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice 
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In 
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a 
check in the amount of $12.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), 
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-33385 Filed 12-29-00; 8:45 am]
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