[Federal Register: April 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 72)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to The Clean Water 
Act

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy and 28 CFR 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that on March 26, 1998, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. J&L Specialty Steel, Inc. Civil Action No. 
5:96CV 0456, was lodged in the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Ohio. The Complaint filed by the United States in 
this action asserted claims for injunctive relief and the assessment of 
civil penalties against J&L Specialty Steel, Inc. (``J&L'') under 
Section 309 (b) and (d) of the Clean Water Act (``the Act''), 33 U.S.C. 
Sec. 1319 (b) and (d), for: violating certain terms and conditions of a 
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permit 
issued in 1983 for J&L's Louisville, Ohio facility; submitting 
inaccurate information in an application for a new NPDES permit; and 
failing to provide information requested by U.S. EPA pursuant to 
Section 308 of the Act.
    The proposed consent decree requires J&L to comply with the Act and 
certain terms and conditions of its current NPDES permit. The proposed 
decree specifies various measures to be implemented by J&L to assure 
such compliance, including: (1) Elimination of process contact water 
flow and non-contact cooling water flow from one outfall at the 
facility; (2) demonstration of compliance with Foam and Sheen 
provisions of J&L's NPDES permit or development and implementation of a 
plan to control such discharges from J&L's facility; (3) installation 
of means to accurately monitor flow from a specified outfall at J&L's 
facility; and (4) a requirement to achieve and certify compliance with 
the information requests that EPA previously issued to J&L. In 
addition, the proposed Consent Decree requires J&L to pay the United 
States $200,000.00 in civil penalties and to implement three 
Supplemental Environmental Projects, with estimated costs to J&L of 
approximately $370,000.00.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments concerning the proposed 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044, 
and should refer to United States v. J&L Specialty Steel, Inc., D.J. 
Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-4212.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at any of the following 
offices: (1) the United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, 1800 Bank One Center, 600 Superior Avenue, East, Cleveland, OH 
44114-2600 (contact Assistant United States Attorney Arthur I. Harris); 
(2) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson 
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604-3590 (contact Associate Regional 
Counsel Joseph Williams); and at the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, 202-624-0892. Copies 
of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained in person or by mail 
from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, 
Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 624-0892. For a copy of the 
Consent Decree please enclose a check in the amount of $8.25 (25 cents 
per page reproduction costs) payable to Consent Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 98-9970 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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