[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 134 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36162-36163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17136]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States of America 
v. ASARCO, Incorporated, Civil Action No. 8:CV94-188, was lodged on 
June 28, 1995 with the United States District Court for the District of 
Nebraska. The Consent Decree resolves civil claims against ASARCO for 
unpermitted discharges of wastewater containing lead and other 
pollutants from the Omaha, Nebraska lead refinery in violation of the 
Clean Water Act. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Settling Defendants 
will pay a civil penalty of $3.25 million, will implement two 
supplemental environmental projects at a cost of $1 million, and will 
perform interim and final injunctive measures to control pollutant 
discharges.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney 

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General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department 
of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044. Comments should 
refer to United States of America  v. ASARCO, Incorporated, DOJ Ref. 
#90-5-1-1-4113.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Zorinsky Federal Building, 214 N. 17th Street, 
Omaha, Nebraska; the Region VII Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 726 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas; and at the Consent 
Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 
(202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may be obtained 
in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library.
    In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of $8.50 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the ``Consent Decree 
Library.''
Bruce Gelber,
Acting Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 95-17136 Filed 7-12-95; 8:45 am]
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