[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 29834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13773]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act and the Clean Water Act

    Notice is hereby given that on May 14, 2001, a proposed consent 
decree in United States v. A&S Tribal Industries, Civil Action No. CV-
01-96M-DWM, was lodged with the United States District Court for the 
District of Montana.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and the 
payment of civil penalties for A&S Tribal Industries' alleged 
violations of the hazardous waste generator and treatment, storage and 
disposal requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(``RCRA'', and the pretreatment requirements of the Clean Water Act, at 
its facility located near Poplar, Montana. Under the proposed decree, 
the defendant A&S Tribal Industries will pay the sum of $40,000 over a 
three year period. The settlement sum is based upon the financial 
inability of A&S Tribal Industries to pay more. The proposed decree 
also requires that A&S Tribal Industries take specified injunctive 
measures to prevent RCRA generator and waste storage violations in the 
future and to perform initial sampling at facility locations where 
hazardous waste releases have occurred. The proposed decree also 
requires that A&S Tribal Industries install, operate and maintain 
pretreatment equipment necessary to achieve applicable discharge 
limits.
    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 of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530, and should refer to United 
States. v. A&S Tribal Industries, D.J. Ref. 90-7-1-06092.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 2929 3rd Avenue North, Suite 400, Billings, 
Montana 59103; and at U.S. EPA Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Denver, 
Colorado 80202. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained 
by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 
20044. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check in the amount of 
$12.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the Consent 
Decree Library.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 01-13773 Filed 5-31-01; 8:45 am]
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