[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10452]


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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 Sec. 50.7, and 42 
U.S.C. Sec. 9622(d), notice is hereby given that a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company, Civil 
Action No. A97-0099-CV (JWS), was lodged on March 19, 1997 with the 
United States District Court for the District of Alaska. The Complaint 
in this case alleges that Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company 
(``Greens Creek'') discharged pollutants from its mine into Hawk Inlet, 
near Juneau, Alaska, at concentrations in excess of those allowed by 
its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. The Consent 
Decree requires Greens Creek to continue operation of a wastewater 
treatment system at the mine. The Consent Decree also requires Greens 
Creek to pay a civil penalty of $300,000.
    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 General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Company, DOJ Ref. #90-5-
1-1-4346.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney, Federal Bldg. & U.S. Courthouse, 222 W. 7th 
Ave., Anchorage AK 99513, the Region 10 Office of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, and at the 
Consent Decree Library, 1120 G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, 
D.C. 20005, (202) 624-0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may 
be obtained in person or by mail from the Consent Decree Library, 1120 
G Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005. In requesting a copy 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction costs), payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-10452 Filed 4-22-97; 8:45 am]
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