[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1886-1887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00182]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Judgment Under The Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act

    On December 18, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Judgment with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of New York in the lawsuit entitled United States v. County of 
Suffolk, Civil Action No. CV-13-7183.
    Defendant County of Suffolk (``Suffolk'') has owned and/or operated

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at least 68 underground storage tanks (``USTs'') containing gasoline 
and waste oil throughout Suffolk County. The complaint seeks civil 
penalties and injunctive relief for Suffolk's violations of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act regulations governing USTs, set forth at 
40 CFR Part 280. The complaint also alleges violation of federally 
enforceable New York State hazardous waste regulations set forth at 6 
N.Y.C.R.R. Sec.  372.2(a)(2) governing disposal of spent fluorescent 
lamps. The Consent Judgment requires Suffolk: (a) to pay a civil 
penalty of $500,000; (b) to fund a Supplemental Environmental Project 
in the amount of $1,500,000 to acquire an interest in land, and to 
manage such land and any associated ecological resources, into 
perpetuity, to protect and/or enhance groundwater; (c) to maintain 
compliance with RCRA requirements for all of its underground storage 
tanks and with NYS regulations in its handling of spent fluorescent 
lamps; and (d) to submit regular reports to EPA for four years to 
demonstrate that they are in compliance.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Judgment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. County of Suffolk, D.J. Ref. No. 90-7-
1-09883. 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 e-mail...........................  [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 Consent Judgment 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 Consent Judgment upon written request and payment of 
reproduction costs. Please mail your 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 $15.75 (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. 2014-00182 Filed 1-9-14; 8:45 am]
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