[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 71847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27152]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Consistent with 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on 
December 2, 2004, a proposed consent decree (``decree'') in United 
States v. AK Steel Corporation, Civil Action No. 04-1833, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania.
    In this action, the United States seeks civil penalties and 
injunctive relief against AK Steel Corporation (``AK Steel'') for 
violations under Section 3008(a)(1) of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6928(a)(1), Section 113(a)(3) of the Clean Air 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(a)(3); and Section 309(b) of the Clean Water Act, 
42 U.S.C. 1319(b) at its Butler Works facility in Butler County, 
Pennsylvania. The proposed consent decree provides that AK Steel will 
pay a civil penalty and perform three different Supplemental 
Environmental Projects (``SEPs'') in mitigation of a portion of the 
penalty, for a total package valued at $1.2 million. AK Steel will pay 
$300,000 by electronic funds transfer, and perform the following SEPs: 
(1) NOX Reduction SEP; (2) CFC Unit Conversions SEP; and (3) 
Refrigerant Recycling Program in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 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. AK Steel Corporation, D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-07684.
    The decree may be examined at the Office of the United States 
Attorney, U.S. Post Office & Courthouse, 700 Grant Street, Suite 400, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15219, and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-
Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. During the public 
comment period, the decree may also be examined on the following 
Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A 
copy of the 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) 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 $18.25 (25 cents per 
page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 04-27152 Filed 12-9-04; 8:45 am]
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