[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 7508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2051]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'')

    Notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in United 
States, et al. v. TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Civil Action No. 01 
0095 PHX VAM, was lodged on January 18, 2001 with the United States 
District Court for the District of Arizona.
    In this Action, the United States and the State of Arizona have 
sought civil penalties and injunctive relief pursuant to the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6902 et seq., for violations 
at the Mesa, Arizona facility of TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc. 
(``VSSI''), an airbag manufacturing facility.
    The United States has now agreed to settlement of its claims under 
RCRA in the proposed consent decree, which provides for civil penalty 
of $5.67 million to be split evenly between the United States and the 
State of Arizona; a comprehensive package of Supplemental Environmental 
Projects estimated to cost $5.76 million to implement; contribution by 
VSSI to a cleanup fund for an off-site landfill, the Butterfield 
Station Landfill, located in Mobile, Arizona; measures related to 
future waste management at the Mesa facility; and assessment and 
cleanup of the Mesa facility.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of the publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent degree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
P.O. Box 7611, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044, and 
should refer to United States, et al. v. TRW Vehicle Safety Systems 
Inc., Civil Action No. 01 0095 PHX VAM, and DOJ #90-7-1-06715.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, District of Arizona, Federal Building, Room 
4000, 230 North First Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85025. A copy of the 
proposed consent decree also may be obtained by mail from the 
Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 
Washington, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in 
the amount of $21.50 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) per Consent 
Decree, payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker Smith,
Principal Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-2051 Filed 1-22-01; 8:45 am]
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