[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30935-30936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12270]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Settlement Under the Clean Air Act, 
the Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    On May 16, 2013, a proposed Stipulation Between Debtors and the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (``Stipulation'') was 
lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of 
Delaware in the Chapter 11 Proceeding entitled In re WP Steel Venture, 
et al., Case No. 12-11661.
    The Stipulation resolves EPA's Proofs of Claim for civil penalties 
for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regarding three debtors in 
the jointly administered bankruptcy proceedings: RG Steel Sparrows 
Point, LLC; RG Steel Warren, LLC; and RG Steel Wheeling, LLC. 
Specifically, the Stipulation provides that EPA will have an allowed 
general unsecured claim in the amount of $15,748,295 in connection with 
EPA's claim that RG Steel Wheeling is liable for civil penalties for 
violation of the Clean Water Act at its former facilities in Yorkville 
and Martins Ferry, Ohio, and the Clean Air Act and the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act at its former facilities in Mingo 
Junction and Steubenville, Ohio and its facility in Follansbee, West 
Virginia. The Stipulation also provides that EPA will have an allowed 
general unsecured claim in the amount of $4,132,776 in connection with 
EPA's claim that RG Steel Warren is liable for civil penalties for 
violation of the Clean Air Act at its former facility located in 
Warren, Ohio. In addition, the Stipulation provides that EPA will have 
an allowed general unsecured claim in the amount of $8,431 in 
connection with EPA's claim that RG Steel Sparrows Point is liable for 
civil penalties for violation of a Consent Agreement and Final Order 
issued under the Clean Air Act at its former facility located in 
Sparrows Point, Maryland.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Stipulation. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to In re WP Steel Venture, LLC, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-
7-1-10607. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) 
days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be 
submitted either by email or by mail:

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        To submit comments:                     Send them to:
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By email..........................  [email protected].
By mail...........................  Assistant Attorney General, U.S.
                                     DOJ--ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
                                     Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the Stipulation may be examined 
and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the Stipulation upon written request and payment of reproduction 
costs. Please mail your

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request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. 
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $4.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-12270 Filed 5-22-13; 8:45 am]
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