[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 23570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08373]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
On April 13, 2022, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Kentucky, in the lawsuit entitled United States of America
and Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corporation,
Civil Action No. 0:22-CV-00029-HRW.
The plaintiffs filed this lawsuit under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act. 42 U.S.C. 6928(a). The complaint seeks injunctive
relief and civil penalties for nine alleged violations that occurred at
a former coke production facility in Ashland, Kentucky. The alleged
violations occurred between 2010 and 2012 when AK Steel Corporation
owned the facility; AK Steel is now known as Cleveland-Cliffs Steel
Corporation. The Consent Decree requires the defendant to pay a
$490,000 civil penalty, to conduct site-wide sampling and analysis, and
to perform injunctive relief to clean up four specific locations at the
facility.
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. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp.,
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09449/1. 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 at and downloaded from 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 $143.75 (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. 2022-08373 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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