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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

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  [Federal Register: January 2, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 1)]
[Notices]
[Page 117]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act

    Consistent with Departmental policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States and State of
Hawaii v. University of Hawaii, Civil Action Number Cv 00-00806 DAE
BMK, was lodged with the United States District Court for the District
of Hawaii on December 18, 2000. On the same day, the United States and
the State of Hawaii filed a Complaint pursuant to Section 3008 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6928, and
Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 342J-9 against the University of Hawaii
(UH), alleging violations of federal and state hazardous waste laws at
four of the University's facilities. The violations included operating
hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal (TSD) facilities
without a permit or interim status; failing to mark stored containers
as ``Hazardous Waste''; failing to mark the accumulation start dates on
containers in storage facilities; and failing to determine whether
hazardous wastes were being stored in various storage facilities.
    The proposed Consent Decree, which settles the liability of UH for
the violations alleged in the Complaint, provides that UH will
undertake extensive injunctive relief, pay a civil penalty of $505,000
to be divided between the United States and the State and perform a
Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) valued at $1.2 million. Under
the SEP, UH will investigate and implement pollution prevention or
waste minimization projects on its campuses.
    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,
U.S. Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044; and
refer to United States and State of Hawaii v. University of Hawaii, DOJ
Ref. #90-7-1-06130.
    The proposed settlement agreement may be examined at the Office of
the United States Attorney, PJKK Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Blvd.,
Honolulu, Hawaii and at the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9,
75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. A copy of the proposed
Consent Decree may be obtained by mail from the Department of Justice
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044. In
requesting a copy please refer to the referenced case and enclose a
check in the amount of $12.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs),
payable to the Consent Decree Library.

Walker B. Smith,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-33385 Filed 12-29-00; 8:45 am]
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