[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 216 (Friday, November 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71099-71100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24769]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean 
Water Act

    On November 2, 2020, the Department of Justice filed a Complaint 
and concurrently lodged a proposed consent decree with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in the 
lawsuit entitled United States of America, the State of West Virginia, 
and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Koppers Inc., Civil Action No. 
5:20-cv-236.
    The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties for alleged 
violations of the Clean Water Act, the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, 
the Pennsylvania Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act, and the West 
Virginia Above Ground Storage Tank Act, at facilities currently or 
formerly owned and operated by Koppers Inc. in

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Clairton, Pennsylvania, Green Spring, West Virginia, and Follansbee, 
West Virginia. The alleged violations relate to failures to adhere to 
precautionary requirements designed to prevent or contain discharges of 
oil into navigable waters, such as testing of oil storage tanks and 
ensuring facilities had adequate measures in place for containing 
discharges of oil.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires Koppers Inc. to conduct 
integrity testing on the two noncompliant tanks at its only owned and 
operated facility in Follansbee, West Virginia and to update its 
regulatory plans as necessary. The proposed Consent Decree also 
requires Koppers Inc. to pay civil penalties in the amount of $800,000 
to the United States; $175,000 to WVDEP; and $24,500 to PA DEP.
    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, et al. v. Koppers Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-5-1-1-11701. 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 consent decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $10.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-24769 Filed 11-5-20; 8:45 am]
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