[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 4231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1814]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 
Clean Air Act, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    Notice is hereby given that on January 15, 2003, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. Koppers Industries, Inc., Civil Action No. 
CV-03-C-0097S, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Alabama.
    In this action the United States sought civil penalties and 
injunctive relief for numerous violations of the Clean Water Act at 
Koppers facilities throughout the United States. The United States also 
sought civil penalties for violations of the Clean Air Act and the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act occurring at a Koppers' facility 
in Woodward, Alabama. The alleged violations include Koppers' failure 
to submit reports and comply with discharge limits required by Clean 
Water Act permits; Koppers' failure to operate a gas blanketing system 
at storage tanks in the Woodward facility; and Koppers' use of a 
crushed tank to store used oil at the Woodward facility. This Woodward 
facility closed in 1998. In settlement of these allegations, Koppers 
agrees to pay a $2.9 million civil penalty (plus interest) over three 
years, and to implement an environmental management system and auditing 
program at facilities throughout the United States.
    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, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. Koppers Industries, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-06126.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, 200 Robert S. Vance Federal Building, 1800 5th Avenue 
North, Room 200, Birmingham, Alabama, and at U.S. EPA Region 4, Atlanta 
Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Georgia. 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 $29.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 
Treasury.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-1814 Filed 1-27-03; 8:45 am]
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