[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 58471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20040]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that on September 
21, 2005, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. United States 
Steel Corp., C.A. No 1:05CV2220 was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
    In this action, the United States seeks civil penalties and 
injunctive relief against United States Steel Corp. (``U.S. Steel''), 
as a successor to certain liabilities of USS/KOBE Steel Company, for 
violation of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., and provisions 
of the Ohio State Implementation Plan governing the emission of 
fugitive dust or particulate matter, and for violation of the Clean 
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., and a National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit. The alleged violations occurred 
at a steel manufacturing facility located in Lorain, Ohio. The State of 
Ohio seeks to intervene in the action as a plaintiff asserting similar 
claims for relief.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires U.S. Steel: (i) To comply with 
particulate emission limits in a permit issued by the Ohio 
Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Title V of the Clean Air 
Act, (ii) to perform a stack test to verify compliance with applicable 
particulate emission limits; (iii) to comply with effluent limits in 
the NPDES permit applicable to the Lorain facility of United States 
Steel Corp., (iv) to pay a civil penalty of $100,025, divided evenly 
between the United States and the State of Ohio, and (v) to perform a 
Supplemental Environmental Project involving the removal from service 
and disposal of up to 13 transformers containing polychlorinated 
biphenyls, at a cost not to exceed $294,500.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611; and 
refer to United States v. United States Steel Corp., DOJ 
Ref.90-5-2-1-06709.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (Region 5), 77 West Jackson 
Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604-3507 (contact: Christine Liszewski (312-886-
4670)). During the comment period, the Consent Decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice website, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html.
    A copy of the proposed 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) 514-0097, 
phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy of the 
proposed Consent Decree from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose 
a check in the amount of $9.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost for 
39 pages) payable to the U.S. Treasury for a copy of the Consent Decree 
without attachments. For a copy of the Consent Decree with attachments, 
please enclose $35.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost for 140 
pages).

William D. Brighton,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section.
[FR Doc. 05-20040 Filed 10-5-05; 8:45 am]
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