[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36226-36227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12877]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

  


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that, on May 13, 2002, a proposed Stipulation of 
Settlement and Order of Dismissal (the Stipulation and Order) in United 
States, Allegheny County Health Department and Group Against Smog and 
Pollution v. LTV Steel Company, Inc. (LTV Steel-Pittsburgh), Civil No. 
98-570 (W.D. Pa.), and United States v. LTV Steel Company, Inc. (LTV 
Steel-Cleveland), Civil No. 1: 98CV3012 (N.D. Ohio), was lodged with 
the United States District Courts in the Western District of 
Pennsylvania and the Northern District of Ohio.
    The Stipulation and Order resolves claims for civil penalties 
pursuant to the Clean Air Act arising out of the past operation of LTV 
Steel facilities in Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Pursuant to the 
Stipulation and Order, the parties stipulate and agree to entry of a 
judgment in the LTV Steel-Pittsburgh case as specified below:
    a. $3,450,000 in civil penalties to the United States;
    b. $2,300,000 in civil penalties to the Allegheny County Health 
Department; and

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    c. $100,000 in favor of the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) 
for an environmental project developed by the Hazelwood Initiative to 
rejuvenate the Hazelwood, Pennsylvania community;

and in LTV Steel-Cleveland for $1.25 in civil penalties to the United 
States. On December 29, 2000, LTV Steel filed for bankruptcy protection 
in In re: LTV Steel Company, Inc. (the LTV Bankruptcy), Bankruptcy No. 
00-43866 (N.D. Ohio). The Stipulation and Order also provides that 
plaintiffs shall have allowed general unsecured claims against LTV 
Steel for the amounts specified above and that LTV Steel will use its 
best efforts to obtain approval by the Bankruptcy Court of its entry 
into the Stipulation and Order. Because of the pendency of the LTV 
Bankruptcy, it is unclear whether the specified amounts will be 
available after payments to other, secured creditors.
    For thirty (30) days following this publication, the Department of 
Justice will receive comments relating to the proposed Stipulation and 
Order. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States 
Department of Justice, Post Office Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-
7611, and should refer to United States, ACHD and GASP v. LTV Steel 
Company, Inc., Civil No. 98-570 (W.D. Pa.), and United States v. LTV 
Steel Company, Inc., Civil No. 1: 98CV3012 (N.D. Ohio), DOJ nos. 90-5-
2-1-2193 and 90-7-1-919. Alternatively, because of potential mail 
delays associated with recent events, comments may be sent by facsimile 
to (202) 514-4180, with attention to the Environmental Enforcement 
Section.
    The Stipulation and Order may be examined at the offices of the 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 633 
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, and 
the offices of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, Ohio 
44114-2600. A copy of the Stipulation and Order may be obtained by mail 
from the United States Department of Justice Consent Decree Library, 
Post Office Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 or by faxing a 
request to Tonia Fleetwood, fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation 
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please reference the 
Stipulation of Settlement and Order of Dismissal in United States, ACHD 
and GASP v. LTV Steel Company, Inc., Civil No. 98-570 (W.D. Pa.), and 
United States  v. LTV Steel Company, Inc., Civil No. 1: 98CV3012 (N.D. 
Ohio), DOJ nos. 90-5-2-1-2193 and 90-7-1-919, and enclose a check made 
payable to the United States Treasury in the amount of $3.75 (25 cents 
per page reproduction cost).

      
Bruce S. Gelber,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environmental and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 02-12877 Filed 5-22-02; 8:45 am]
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