[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29205-29206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11655]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
On May 14, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District
of Nevada in the lawsuit entitled United States v.Titanium Metals
Corporation, Civil Action No. 14-cv-00749-MMD-VCF.
The Consent Decree resolves claims against Titanium Metals
Corporation (``TIMET'') under the Toxic Substances Control Act
(``TSCA''), 15 U.S.C. 2601-2692, 2616 and the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (``RCRA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6901-6992k and 6928. The
Consent Decree requires TIMET, under TSCA, to pay a $13.75 million
civil penalty and to perform an investigation and cleanup of potential
contamination stemming primarily from the unauthorized manufacture and
disposal of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) at its
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manufacturing facility in Henderson, Nevada. TIMET will pay an
additional $250,000 for violations related to illegal disposal of
hazardous process wastewater, in violation of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA).
In addition to paying the penalty and performing the investigation
and cleanup, the settlement requires TIMET to electronically submit
monitoring data to EPA for three years showing that it is appropriately
managing any PCBs it generates. TIMET has also agreed to allow the
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) to make public
TIMET's EPA-approved work plans and completed work reports through a
dedicated Web site.
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. Titanium Metals Corporation, D.J. Ref.
No. 90-7-1-09824. 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 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 $11.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-11655 Filed 5-20-14; 8:45 am]
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