[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30935-30936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12270]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Settlement Under the Clean Air Act,
the Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
On May 16, 2013, a proposed Stipulation Between Debtors and the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (``Stipulation'') was
lodged with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware in the Chapter 11 Proceeding entitled In re WP Steel Venture,
et al., Case No. 12-11661.
The Stipulation resolves EPA's Proofs of Claim for civil penalties
for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act regarding three debtors in
the jointly administered bankruptcy proceedings: RG Steel Sparrows
Point, LLC; RG Steel Warren, LLC; and RG Steel Wheeling, LLC.
Specifically, the Stipulation provides that EPA will have an allowed
general unsecured claim in the amount of $15,748,295 in connection with
EPA's claim that RG Steel Wheeling is liable for civil penalties for
violation of the Clean Water Act at its former facilities in Yorkville
and Martins Ferry, Ohio, and the Clean Air Act and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act at its former facilities in Mingo
Junction and Steubenville, Ohio and its facility in Follansbee, West
Virginia. The Stipulation also provides that EPA will have an allowed
general unsecured claim in the amount of $4,132,776 in connection with
EPA's claim that RG Steel Warren is liable for civil penalties for
violation of the Clean Air Act at its former facility located in
Warren, Ohio. In addition, the Stipulation provides that EPA will have
an allowed general unsecured claim in the amount of $8,431 in
connection with EPA's claim that RG Steel Sparrows Point is liable for
civil penalties for violation of a Consent Agreement and Final Order
issued under the Clean Air Act at its former facility located in
Sparrows Point, Maryland.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed Stipulation. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to In re WP Steel Venture, LLC, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-
7-1-10607. 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 Stipulation 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 Stipulation upon written request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your
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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 $4.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-12270 Filed 5-22-13; 8:45 am]
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