[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53890-53891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22531]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Toxic
Substances Control Act, and Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-
Know Act
On September 1, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Alabama in the lawsuit entitled United States and the
Alabama Department of Environmental Management v. McWane, Inc., Civil
Action No. cv-15-JHE-1504-S.
In this action, the United States seeks civil penalties for
violations of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, and the reporting
requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act,
together with their implementing regulations and permits, at two of
McWane's facilities, one in Birmingham, Alabama and one in
Phillipsburg, New Jersey. McWane is a national company that operates
iron foundries, brass foundries, and various valve and tank
manufacturing facilities. The Alabama Department of Environmental
Management is a co-plaintiff in this action.
Under the proposed Consent Decree, McWane will pay a total civil
penalty of $471,031, of which $341,383 will go to the United States
Treasury, $2,782 to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to resolve
alleged violations relating to its spill prevention program, and
$126,866 to the State of Alabama. McWane will also implement a
Supplemental Environmental Project, at an estimated cost of $2,500,000.
McWane has already undertaken corrective measures to resolve all
historical violations alleged in the Complaint, at an estimated cost of
over $10 million. The proposed Consent Decree resolves only the
specific violations alleged in the Complaint.
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 and the Alabama Department of
Environmental Protection v. McWane, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-08282/
5. 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 and downloaded at this Justice
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Department Web site: http://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 $12.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-22531 Filed 9-4-15; 8:45 am]
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