[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56851-56852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24934]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on September 16, 2003, a proposed 
Consent Decree in United States v. Phelps Dodge Corporation, Civil 
Action No. CIV-03-1804-PHX-SMM, was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Arizona.
    In this action the United States sought injunctive relief and civil 
penalties for violations of section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 
U.S.C. 1311(a), at the United Verde mine near Jerome, Arizona. The 
defendant is Phelps Dodge Corporation, the owner of the United Verde 
mine.
    Under the terms of the proposed settlement, Phelps Dodge will pay a 
civil penalty of $220,142. In addition, Phelps Dodge will carry out 
three projects at the United Verde mine designed to address the 
violations alleged in the complaint.
    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. Phelps Dodge Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-07311.
    The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United 
States Attorney, Sue A. Klein, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Two Renaissance 
Square, 40 North Central Ave., Suite 1200, Phoenix, AZ 8500. During the 
public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be examined on the 
following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. 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, or by faxing or e-mailing a request 
to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax no. (202) 616-6584, 
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy, please 
enclose a check in the

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amount of $9.25 (37 pages at 25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Ellen Mahan,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-24934 Filed 10-1-03; 8:45 am]
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