[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 79 (Thursday, April 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 20174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10083]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on April 9, 2003, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. CF&I Steel, L.P., d/b/a Rocky Mountain Steel 
Mills, an action for injunctive relief and civil penalties pursuant to 
the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., was lodged with the United 
States District Court for the District of Colorado, Case No. 03-M-0608.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
civil penalties against Rocky Mountain Steel Mills for alleged 
violations of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (``PSD'') 
requirements and New Source Performance Standards set forth in the 
Clean Air Act. The alleged violations occurred when Rocky Mountain 
Steel Mills undertook a series of modifications at its steelmaking 
facility located in Pueblo, Colorado. In the proposed Consent Decree, 
Rocky Mountain Steel Mills agrees to conduct a modernization project at 
its facility, which will involve the shutdown of its two existing 
electric arc furnaces and replacement with a new, modernized furnace. 
The Consent Decree requires that Rocky Mountain Steel Mills meet the 
New Source Performance Standards set forth at 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
Aaa, and install the Best Available Control Technologies to minimize 
emissions from the new furnace. The precise emissions limitations that 
Rocky Mountain Steel Mills will have to meet will be set forth in a PSD 
permit to be issued by the State of Colorado and approved by EPA. The 
estimated costs of these renovations is $25 million. The proposed 
consent Decree also requires that Rocky Mountain Steel Mills pay a 
civil penalty of $450,000 and perform several Supplemental 
Environmental Projects (``SEPs'') and undertake additional relief 
valued at over $750,000. The SEPs and additional relief will result in 
reductions of emissions from the facility beyond those required by law 
and address some of the impacts on the surrounding community that 
resulted from Rocky Mountain Steel Mills' violations of the Act.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of 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, PO Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. CF&I Steel, L.P. d/b/a/ Rocky Mountain Steel Mills, 
D.J. Ref. DJ 90-5-2-1-07496.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at U.S. EPA Region 8, 999 18th 
Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, 80202. During the public comment 
period, the Settlement Agreement, may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the Settlement Agreement may also be obtained by mail from the 
Consent Decree Library, PO Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 
Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $4.80 
for the Consent Decree only and $25.40 for the Consent Decree plus 
Appendices.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-10083 Filed 4-23-03; 8:45 am]
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