[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29205-29206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11655]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Toxic 
Substances Control Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

    On May 14, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Nevada in the lawsuit entitled United States v.Titanium Metals 
Corporation, Civil Action No. 14-cv-00749-MMD-VCF.
    The Consent Decree resolves claims against Titanium Metals 
Corporation (``TIMET'') under the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(``TSCA''), 15 U.S.C. 2601-2692, 2616 and the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (``RCRA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901-6992k and 6928. The 
Consent Decree requires TIMET, under TSCA, to pay a $13.75 million 
civil penalty and to perform an investigation and cleanup of potential 
contamination stemming primarily from the unauthorized manufacture and 
disposal of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) at its

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manufacturing facility in Henderson, Nevada. TIMET will pay an 
additional $250,000 for violations related to illegal disposal of 
hazardous process wastewater, in violation of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA).
    In addition to paying the penalty and performing the investigation 
and cleanup, the settlement requires TIMET to electronically submit 
monitoring data to EPA for three years showing that it is appropriately 
managing any PCBs it generates. TIMET has also agreed to allow the 
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) to make public 
TIMET's EPA-approved work plans and completed work reports through a 
dedicated Web site.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Titanium Metals Corporation, D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-7-1-09824. 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 Decree 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 Decree 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 $11.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-11655 Filed 5-20-14; 8:45 am]
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