[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 36593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17476]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Water 
Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; and the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby 
given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States and the South 
Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (``SCDHEC'') v. 
Macalloy Corporation (D. S.C.), Civil Action No. 2:99-4234-18, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the District of South 
Carolina on June 26, 2001. This decree resolves the potential liability 
of Macalloy alleged by the United States under Sections 309 and 402 of 
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319 and 1342; Section 3008(g) of the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6928(g); and Section 
48-1-330 of the South Carolina Pollution Control Act (``SCPCA''), S.C. 
Code Ann. Sec. 48-1-330, and dismisses without prejudice claims under 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675. The proposed Decree provides 
that Macalloy will pay $300,000 from existing funds, with interest over 
time, and $900,000 additional from money currently held as a RCRA 
financial assurance, when the money becomes available. Macalloy is also 
required to control surface water discharges.
    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, D.C. 20044; and 
refer to United States and the South Carolina Department of Health and 
Environmental Control (``SCDHEC'') v. Macalloy Corporation (D. S.C.), 
DOJ Ref. #90-5-1-1-4431.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of 
the United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina and at the 
office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Atlanta 
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-3104. 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, D.C. 20044. In requesting a copy please refer to the 
referenced case and enclose a check in the amount of $8 (Consent Decree 
only: 32 pgs) or $9.50 (Consent Decree with Appendices) (25 cents per 
page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-17476 Filed 7-11-01; 8:45 am]
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