[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25877]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act

    Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on September 26, 
2001, a Consent Decree in United States, et al., v. Lee Brass Co., 
Inc., Civil Action No. 01-B-2422-S was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
    In the Complaint, the United States seeks injunctive relief against 
Lee Brass Co., Inc. (``Lee Brass''), pursuant to the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, (``RCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. for 
alleged violations at Lee Brass's brass foundry in Anniston, Alabama.
    Under the terms of the settlement, Lee Brass will take all steps to 
come into permanent, consistent compliance with RCRA, including the 
implementation of management practices with respect to its management 
of used foundry sand, the closure of its thermal sand reclamation unit, 
the conduct of a RCRA compliance audit and the implementation of the 
recommendations of that audit, and corrective action activities 
associated with each solid waste management unit located at its 
facility. In addition, Lee Brass will pay a civil penalty of $350,000. 
The State of Alabama will join in this settlement as a signatory to the 
Consent Decree.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environmental and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States, et al., v. Lee Brass Co., Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-06919.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Northern District of Alabama, Room 200, Robert S. 
Vance Federal Building, 1800 Fifth Avenue, North, Birmingham, Alabama 
35203. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from 
the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611, In requesting a copy; please enclose a check 
in the amount of $25.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable 
to the Consent Decree Library.

Ellen M. Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-25877 Filed 10-12-01; 8:45 am]
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