[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4438-4439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01103]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act and Clean Air Act
On January 14, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District
of the Virgin Islands in the lawsuit entitled United States v.
Government of the Virgin Islands, et al., Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-48.
In this action the United States seeks, among other things,
injunctive relief and civil penalties for the failure by the Government
of the Virgin Islands (``GVI'') and the Virgin Islands Waste Management
Authority (``WMA'') to operate the Anguilla Landfill on St. Croix in
compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (``RCRA'')
and the Clean Air Act (``CAA''). The proposed Consent Decree provides
for the GVI and WMA to: (a) Operate and maintain the landfill in
accordance with RCRA; (b) construct and operate a landfill gas
collection and combustion system (GCCS); (c) construct and operate a
storm water collection system; (d) install groundwater monitoring
wells; (e) implement closure of the landfill in phases beginning in
2014; (f) remove and dispose of off-site used tires remaining at the
landfill; (g) remove and dispose of off-site scrap metal remaining at
the landfill; (h) remediate the soils in the former scrap metal storage
area; (i) construct and operate a scrap metal management facility; (j)
implement a waste diversion/recycling program; and (k) pay a civil
penalty of $50,000.
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. Government of the Virgin Islands, et
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-08776. All comments must be submitted no
later than 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 $11.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Ronald G. Gluck,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-01103 Filed 1-18-13; 8:45 am]
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