Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 30163 [06-4835]
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not to sue the prospective purchaser of
the KHI facility, ADW, L.L.C., pursuant
to Sections 3008 and 7003 of RCRA, 42
U.S.C. 6928 and 6973, Sections 106 and
107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and
9607(a), and Parts 111 and 201 of
NREPA with respect to Existing
Contamination at the KHI Facility.
The Department of Justice will receive
for a period of thirty (30) days from the
date of this publication comments
relating to the CD. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611, and should refer to United
States, et al., v. FMB—First Michigan
Bank, or its successor, as Trustee of the
Mary A. Windolph Trust, D.J. Ref. 90–
7–1–433. Commenters may request an
opportunity for a public meeting in the
affected area, in accordance with
Section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C.
6973(d).
The CD may be examined at the Office
of the United States Attorney, Western
District of Michigan, Southern Division,
330 Ionia Ave., NW., Suite 501, Grand
Rapids, Michigan 49501–0208. During
this public comment period, the CD may
also be examined on the following
Department of Justice Web site, https://
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy
of the CD may also be obtained by mail
from the Consent Decree Library, P.O.
Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by
faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia
Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov),
fax number (202) 514–0097, phone
confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In
requesting a copy from the Consent
Decree Library, please enclose a check
in the amount of $26.75 (25 cents per
page reproduction cost) payable to the
U.S. Treasury or, if by e-mail or fax,
forward a check in that amount to the
Consent Decree Library at the stated
address.
William Brighton,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division, United States Department of Justice.
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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Clean Air Act
Under the policy set out at 28 CFR
50.7, notice is hereby given that on May
8, 2006, the United States lodged with
the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia a proposed
amended consent decree (‘‘Amended
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Consent Decree’’) in the case of United
States, et al. v. Mirant Potomac River,
LLC, et al., Civ. A. No. 1:04CV1136.
The Amended Consent Decree settles
claims by the United States, the State of
Maryland and the Commonwealth of
Virginia, pursuant to section 113(a) and
(b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
7413(a) and (b), against Mirant Potomac
River, LLC and Mirant Mid-Atlantic,
LLC (‘‘Mirant’’) regarding its Potomac
River Generating Station—a coal-fired
utility plant in Alexandria, Virginia. A
complaint filed with the original decree,
lodged with the same Federal court in
September 2004, alleged that Mirant
violated the ozone season limitation for
nitrogen oxide (‘‘NOX’’) emissions set
forth in the 2003 operating permit for
the Potomac River plan.
The Amended Consent Decree retains
the key elements of the original decree.
Mirant agrees to a declining schedule of
system-wide limits on the NOX
emissions from its four plants located in
the mid-Atlantic region: The Chalk
Point Generating Plant in Prince
George’s County, Maryland; the
Dickerson Generating Plant in
Montgomery County, Maryland; the
Morgantown Generating Plant in
Charles County, Maryland; and the
Potomac River plant. To achieve these
reductions and meet the declining NOX
caps, Mirant agrees to install and
operate NOX pollution control
equipment, including two Selective
Catalytic Reduction devices, at its
Morgantown plant, and Separated OverFire Air technology at its Potomac River
plant. Mirant also agrees to pay a
$500,000 civil penalty, to be divided
equally between Virginia and the United
States, and to undertake nine projects
designed to reduce particulate matter
and fugitive dust emissions from its
Potomac River plant.
The Amended Consent Decree
modifies the original consent decree in
several respects, as a result of public
comments received on the original
decree. First, under the Amended
Consent Decree, Mirant agrees to meet
annual NOX tonnage limitations for the
Potomac River plant in addition to the
tonnage limitations that apply only
during the ozone season. Second, the
Amended Consent Decree addresses the
possibility that at some future point
Mirant could reject, sever or otherwise
lose its ownership interest in, and
thereby cease to operate, the
Morgantown and/or Dickerson plants. If
such a contingency occurs, Mirant
agrees to seek a new owner or operator
of those plants to become subject to the
terms of the decree and, failing that, to
install an alternate suite of pollution
control technologies on the two plants
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remaining in the Mirant system, i.e., the
Chalk Point and Potomac River plants.
The Department of Justice will receive
for a period of thirty (30) days from the
date of this publication comments
relating to the Amended Consent
Decree. Comments should be addressed
to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611, and should refer to United
States, et al. v. Mirant Potomac River,
LLC, et al., DOJ Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–
07829.
The Amended Consent Decree may be
examined at the offices of the United
States Attorney, Eastern District of
Virginia, 2100 Jamieson Avenue,
Alexandria, VA 22314, and at the offices
of U.S. EPA Region 3, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
During the public comment period,
the Amended Consent Decree may also
be examined on the following
Department of Justice Web site, https://
www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy
of the Amended Consent Decree may
also be obtained by mail from the
Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611,
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington,
DC 20044–7611, or by faxing or emailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood
(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no.
(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514–1547. In requesting a
copy from the Consent Decree Library,
please enclose a check in the amount of
25 dollars (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S.
Treasury.
W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
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Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree
Under the Clean Water Act, the Clean
Air Act, and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
Under 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that on May 11, 2006, a proposed
Consent Decree in United States of
America v. Rohm and Haas Texas Inc.,
4:06–cv–01622, was lodged with the
United States District Court for the
Southern District of Texas.
The United States alleges that Rohm
and Haas Texas Inc. (‘‘Rohm and Haas’’)
violated Clean Water Act Section 301,
33 U.S.C. 1311, by discharging
pollutants in excess of permit effluent
limits; violated Clean Air Act Section
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act
Under the policy set out at 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given
that on May 8, 2006, the United States lodged with the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia a proposed amended
consent decree (``Amended Consent Decree'') in the case of United
States, et al. v. Mirant Potomac River, LLC, et al., Civ. A. No.
1:04CV1136.
The Amended Consent Decree settles claims by the United States, the
State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia, pursuant to section
113(a) and (b) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(a) and (b), against
Mirant Potomac River, LLC and Mirant Mid-Atlantic, LLC (``Mirant'')
regarding its Potomac River Generating Station--a coal-fired utility
plant in Alexandria, Virginia. A complaint filed with the original
decree, lodged with the same Federal court in September 2004, alleged
that Mirant violated the ozone season limitation for nitrogen oxide
(``NOX'') emissions set forth in the 2003 operating permit
for the Potomac River plan.
The Amended Consent Decree retains the key elements of the original
decree. Mirant agrees to a declining schedule of system-wide limits on
the NOX emissions from its four plants located in the mid-
Atlantic region: The Chalk Point Generating Plant in Prince George's
County, Maryland; the Dickerson Generating Plant in Montgomery County,
Maryland; the Morgantown Generating Plant in Charles County, Maryland;
and the Potomac River plant. To achieve these reductions and meet the
declining NOX caps, Mirant agrees to install and operate
NOX pollution control equipment, including two Selective
Catalytic Reduction devices, at its Morgantown plant, and Separated
Over-Fire Air technology at its Potomac River plant. Mirant also agrees
to pay a $500,000 civil penalty, to be divided equally between Virginia
and the United States, and to undertake nine projects designed to
reduce particulate matter and fugitive dust emissions from its Potomac
River plant.
The Amended Consent Decree modifies the original consent decree in
several respects, as a result of public comments received on the
original decree. First, under the Amended Consent Decree, Mirant agrees
to meet annual NOX tonnage limitations for the Potomac River
plant in addition to the tonnage limitations that apply only during the
ozone season. Second, the Amended Consent Decree addresses the
possibility that at some future point Mirant could reject, sever or
otherwise lose its ownership interest in, and thereby cease to operate,
the Morgantown and/or Dickerson plants. If such a contingency occurs,
Mirant agrees to seek a new owner or operator of those plants to become
subject to the terms of the decree and, failing that, to install an
alternate suite of pollution control technologies on the two plants
remaining in the Mirant system, i.e., the Chalk Point and Potomac River
plants.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Amended
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611,
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer
to United States, et al. v. Mirant Potomac River, LLC, et al., DOJ Ref.
No. 90-5-2-1-07829.
The Amended Consent Decree may be examined at the offices of the
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 2100 Jamieson
Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314, and at the offices of U.S. EPA Region 3,
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
During the public comment period, the Amended Consent Decree may
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site,
https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the Amended Consent
Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library,
P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611,
or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood
(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514-1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree
Library, please enclose a check in the amount of 25 dollars (25 cents
per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.
W. Benjamin Fisherow,
Deputy Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 06-4835 Filed 5-24-06; 8:45 am]
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