Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit, 47381-47382 [2012-19427]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9713–6]
Proposed Settlement Agreement,
Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement
Agreement; Request for Public
Comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended
(‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is
hereby given of a proposed settlement
agreement to address a lawsuit filed in
the United States District Court for the
Middle District of Louisiana: Louisiana
Environmental Action Network v. EPA,
No. 3:12–cv–00088–JTT–JDK (M.D. La).
On or about February 15, 2012,
Louisiana Environmental Action
Network filed a complaint that EPA
failed to perform its nondiscretionary
duty pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the
Act, 42 U.S.C. 7661d(b)(2), to grant or
deny, within 60 days after it was filed,
a petition requesting that EPA object to
a proposed title V operating permit for
the Noranda Alumina, LLC alumina
processing facility in Gramercy, St. John
the Baptist Parish, Louisiana issued by
the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality (‘‘LDEQ’’).
Under the terms of the proposed
settlement agreement, EPA would be
required to sign its response to
Plaintiff’s petition by December 15,
2012.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed settlement agreement must be
received by September 7, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2012–0573, online at
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method); by email to
oei.docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by
hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket
Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. Comments on a disk or CD–
ROM should be formatted in Word or
ASCII file, avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption,
and may be mailed to the mailing
address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gretchen Graves, Esq., Air and
Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of
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General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564–5581; fax number
(202) 564–5603; email address:
graves.gretchen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed settlement agreement
would settle Plaintiff’s claims in a title
V deadline suit concerning a petition to
object to a permit issued by the
Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality for the Noranda alumina
processing facility. The proposed
settlement agreement would require
EPA to sign its response to Plaintiff’s
petition by December 15, 2012. Once
EPA grants or denies the petition, EPA
would be required to expeditiously
deliver notice of its response to Plaintiff.
Under the settlement agreement, once
EPA has met these obligations, Plaintiff
shall file a motion for voluntary
dismissal, with prejudice.
For a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
notice, the Agency will receive written
comments relating to the proposed
settlement agreement from persons who
were not named as parties or
intervenors to the litigation in question.
EPA or the Department of Justice may
withdraw or withhold consent to the
proposed settlement agreement if the
comments disclose facts or
considerations that indicate that such
consent is inappropriate, improper,
inadequate, or inconsistent with the
requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or
the Department of Justice determines
that consent to the settlement agreement
should be withdrawn, the terms of the
agreement will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed
Settlement Agreement
A. How can I get a copy of the
settlement agreement?
Direct your comments to the official
public docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2012–
0573 which contains a copy of the
settlement agreement. The official
public docket is available for public
viewing at the Office of Environmental
Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA
Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
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and the telephone number for the OEI
Docket is (202) 566–1752.
An electronic version of the public
docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use the
www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the official
public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the
appropriate docket identification
number.
It is important to note that EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing online at www.regulations.gov
without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or
other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information
claimed as CBI and other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute
is not included in the official public
docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted
material, including copyrighted material
contained in a public comment, will not
be placed in EPA’s electronic public
docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public
docket. Although not all docket
materials may be available
electronically, you may still access any
of the publicly available docket
materials through the EPA Docket
Center.
B. How and to whom do I submit
comments?
You may submit comments as
provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Please ensure that your comments are
submitted within the specified comment
period. Comments received after the
close of the comment period will be
marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to
consider these late comments.
If you submit an electronic comment,
EPA recommends that you include your
name, mailing address, and an email
address or other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD ROM you submit. This
ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows
EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical
difficulties or needs further information
on the substance of your comment. Any
identifying or contact information
provided in the body of a comment will
be included as part of the comment that
is placed in the official public docket,
and made available in EPA’s electronic
public docket. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
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and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment.
Use of the www.regulations.gov Web
site to submit comments to EPA
electronically is EPA’s preferred method
for receiving comments. The electronic
public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous
access’’ system, which means EPA will
not know your identity, email address,
or other contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
In contrast to EPA’s electronic public
docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email)
system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system. If you send an email comment
directly to the Docket without going
through www.regulations.gov, your
email address is automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA’s
electronic public docket.
Dated: August 1, 2012.
Lorie J. Schmidt,
Associate General Counsel.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9713-6]
Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement Agreement; Request for Public
Comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed settlement agreement to address a lawsuit filed in the United
States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana: Louisiana
Environmental Action Network v. EPA, No. 3:12-cv-00088-JTT-JDK (M.D.
La). On or about February 15, 2012, Louisiana Environmental Action
Network filed a complaint that EPA failed to perform its
nondiscretionary duty pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Act, 42
U.S.C. 7661d(b)(2), to grant or deny, within 60 days after it was
filed, a petition requesting that EPA object to a proposed title V
operating permit for the Noranda Alumina, LLC alumina processing
facility in Gramercy, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana issued by
the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (``LDEQ''). Under the
terms of the proposed settlement agreement, EPA would be required to
sign its response to Plaintiff's petition by December 15, 2012.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement must be
received by September 7, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2012-0573, online at www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method);
by email to oei.docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery or courier to
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-ROM should be
formatted in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gretchen Graves, Esq., Air and
Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564-5581; fax number (202) 564-
5603; email address: graves.gretchen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed settlement agreement would settle Plaintiff's claims
in a title V deadline suit concerning a petition to object to a permit
issued by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for the
Noranda alumina processing facility. The proposed settlement agreement
would require EPA to sign its response to Plaintiff's petition by
December 15, 2012. Once EPA grants or denies the petition, EPA would be
required to expeditiously deliver notice of its response to Plaintiff.
Under the settlement agreement, once EPA has met these obligations,
Plaintiff shall file a motion for voluntary dismissal, with prejudice.
For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to
the proposed settlement agreement from persons who were not named as
parties or intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA or the
Department of Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed
settlement agreement if the comments disclose facts or considerations
that indicate that such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate,
or inconsistent with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the
Department of Justice determines that consent to the settlement
agreement should be withdrawn, the terms of the agreement will be
affirmed.
II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Settlement
Agreement
A. How can I get a copy of the settlement agreement?
Direct your comments to the official public docket for this action
under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2012-0573 which contains a copy of the
settlement agreement. The official public docket is available for
public viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744,
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and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use the www.regulations.gov to submit or
view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and to access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the appropriate docket identification number.
It is important to note that EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless
the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI
and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not
included in the official public docket or in the electronic public
docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material, including
copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed
in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all
docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access
any of the publicly available docket materials through the EPA Docket
Center.
B. How and to whom do I submit comments?
You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified
comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period
will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late
comments.
If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name, mailing address, and an email address or other
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD
ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further
information on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or
contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included
as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket,
and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot
read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you
for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
Use of the www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments to EPA
electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments. The
electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity, email address, or other
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's electronic mail
(email) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an
email comment directly to the Docket without going through
www.regulations.gov, your email address is automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
Dated: August 1, 2012.
Lorie J. Schmidt,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2012-19427 Filed 8-7-12; 8:45 am]
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