Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 30094-30095 [2015-12583]

Download as PDF 30094 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 26, 2015 / Notices requisite information to EPA regarding such products. In resolving the United States’ claims against Enviro-Safe, the proposed Decree requires a payment of $300,000 in civil penalty and imposes various restrictions on Enviro-Safe’s future marketing activities to compel compliance with both the specific language and underlying intent of the SNAP regulations. 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 v. Enviro-Safe Refrigerants, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2– 1–11014. All comments must be submitted no later than 30 days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail: To submit comments: Send them to: By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@ usdoj.gov. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. By mail ......... During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https:// 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 $9.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $6.25. Randall M. Stone, Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2015–12586 Filed 5–22–15; 8:45 am] District of Columbia, in the lawsuit entitled United States of America v. District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, et al., and the District of Columbia, Civil Action No. 1:00–cv– 00183 (TFH). The proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree, if approved, will amend and supersede the 2005 Clean Water Act Consent Decree in the same action. Under the 2005 Consent Decree, DC Water was required to implement its Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) which primarily consisted of the construction of a system of pumps and three underground storage tunnels to store excess flows pending treatment. The proposed Amendment provides for the incorporation of Green Infrastructure (GI) in the Potomac River and Rock Creek sewersheds, reduction of the size of the tunnel in the Potomac River, and construction of facilities at the Blue Plains wastewater treatment plant including a Tunnel Dewatering Pumping Station and an Enhanced Clarification Facility. Construction of the Anacostia tunnel has begun according to schedule and will not be affected by this proposed Amendment. The final compliance date of 2025 imposed in the 2005 Consent Decree would be extended to 2030. The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on the proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States of America v. District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, et al., and the District of Columbia, Civil Action No. 1:00–cv–00183 (TFH), D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–07137. 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: To submit comments: Send them to: By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@ usdoj.gov. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. By mail ......... BILLING CODE 4410–15–P mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed First Amendment To Consent Decree Under The Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’) On May 19, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 May 22, 2015 Jkt 235001 During the public comment period, the proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/ consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of the proposed First Amendment to Consent Decree upon written request and payment of PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 $180.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $13.00. Robert Brook, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2015–12588 Filed 5–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act On May 19, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in the lawsuit entitled United States and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality v. AK Steel Corporation, Civil Action No. 15–11804. The United States filed this lawsuit under the Clean Air Act (CAA), naming AK Steel Corporation as the defendant. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties for violations of the environmental regulations that govern iron and steel mills and the emission of particulate matter from certain sources at defendant’s iron and steel mill in Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) joined the complaint as a co-plaintiff asserting the same claims under equivalent state laws and regulations. Under the proposed consent decree, AK Steel agrees to implement procedures to improve future compliance with the CAA and State regulations, and pay a total of $1,353,126 in civil penalties, to be divided equally between the United States and MDEQ. Under the proposed consent decree, AK Steel also agrees to fund the installation of air filtration systems at nearby public schools. In return, the United States and MDEQ agree not to sue the defendant under section 113 of the CAA related to its past violations. The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States and MDEQ v. AK Steel Corp., D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1– E:\FR\FM\26MYN1.SGM 26MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 26, 2015 / Notices 10702. 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: To submit comments: Send them to: By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@ usdoj.gov. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. By mail ......... During the public comment period, the proposed Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https:// www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of the proposed 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 $14.00 (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. 2015–12583 Filed 5–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION [NRC–2015–0121] Protective Action Recommendations for Members of the Public on Bodies of Water Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS), RIS 2015–XX, ‘‘Protective Action Recommendations for Members of the Public on Bodies of Water within the Emergency Planning Zone.’’ This RIS addresses the development of protective action recommendations (PARs) for members of the public who are on bodies of water within the plume exposure pathway emergency planning zones (EPZ) for nuclear power reactors. DATES: Submit comments by July 10, 2015. Comments received after this date mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:50 May 22, 2015 will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to assure consideration only for comments received before this date. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods (unless this document describes a different method for submitting comments on a specific subject): • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2015–0121. Address questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301–415–3463; email: Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • Mail comments to: Cindy Bladey, Office of Administration, Mail Stop: OWFN–12–H08, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001. For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting comments, see ‘‘Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments’’ in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Humberstone, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; telephone: 301–415–1464, email: Matthew.Humberstone@nrc.gov; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Jkt 235001 A. Obtaining Information Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2015– 0121 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this action by any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2015–0121. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The draft RIS, ‘‘Protective Action Recommendations for Members of the Public on Bodies of Water within the PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 30095 Emergency Planning Zone,’’ is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15022A610. • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. B. Submitting Comments Please include Docket ID NRC–2015– 0121 in the subject line of your comment submission, in order to ensure that the NRC is able to make your comment submission available to the public in this docket. The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at https:// www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact information. If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove such information before making the comment submissions available to the public or entering the comment submissions into ADAMS. II. Background The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft RIS. The NRC issues RISs to communicate with stakeholders on a broad range of regulatory matters. This may include communicating and restating staff technical positions on regulatory matters. The NRC staff has developed draft RIS 2015–XX to clarify its position on compliance with section 50.47(b)(10) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Specifically, power reactor licensees need to have PARs for the members of the public on bodies of water within the plume exposure pathway EPZ during a general emergency. The draft RIS is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15022A610. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day of May 2015. E:\FR\FM\26MYN1.SGM 26MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30094-30095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12583]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On May 19, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Michigan in the lawsuit entitled United States and Michigan 
Department of Environmental Quality v. AK Steel Corporation, Civil 
Action No. 15-11804.
    The United States filed this lawsuit under the Clean Air Act (CAA), 
naming AK Steel Corporation as the defendant. The complaint seeks 
injunctive relief and civil penalties for violations of the 
environmental regulations that govern iron and steel mills and the 
emission of particulate matter from certain sources at defendant's iron 
and steel mill in Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan. The Michigan 
Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) joined the complaint as a 
co-plaintiff asserting the same claims under equivalent state laws and 
regulations. Under the proposed consent decree, AK Steel agrees to 
implement procedures to improve future compliance with the CAA and 
State regulations, and pay a total of $1,353,126 in civil penalties, to 
be divided equally between the United States and MDEQ. Under the 
proposed consent decree, AK Steel also agrees to fund the installation 
of air filtration systems at nearby public schools. In return, the 
United States and MDEQ agree not to sue the defendant under section 113 
of the CAA related to its past violations.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
and should refer to United States and MDEQ v. AK Steel Corp., D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-5-2-1-

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10702. 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............................  pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov.
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 proposed Consent Decree may 
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of 
the proposed 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 $14.00 (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. 2015-12583 Filed 5-22-15; 8:45 am]
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