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into compliance with various
environmental statutes and regulations
at their facilities in Point Comfort,
Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The
Defendants still are in the process of
complying with the 2010 Decree.
However, at the Point Comfort Facility,
FPX TX violated certain leak detection
and repair (‘‘LDAR’’) provisions of the
Decree (which are based on regulations
promulgated under the Clean Air Act,
42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.), and the United
States and FPC TX agreed to a proposed
first amendment to the Consent Decree.
Under the proposed first amendment,
FPC TX will undertake a comprehensive
review of equipment such as valves,
pumps, and compressors at the Point
Comfort facility to determine the
applicability of certain LDAR
requirements and will pay a stipulated
penalty of $1,447,925.
The publication of this notice opens
a period of public comment on the first
amendment. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States v. Formosa Plastics
Corporation, Texas, et al., D.J. Ref. No.
90–5–2–1–08995. 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 e-mail
pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov
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 first amendment may be examined
and downloaded at this Department of
Justice Web site: https://www.usdoj.gov/
enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will
provide a paper copy of the first
amendment 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 in the amount
of $ 8.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On January 4, 2013, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed consent
decree with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of
Wisconsin in the lawsuit entitled
United States v. Wisconsin Public
Service Corporation, Civ. No. 13–C–10
(E.D. Wis.).
In this civil enforcement action under
the federal Clean Air Act, the United
States alleges that Wisconsin Public
Service Corporation (‘‘WPS’’) failed to
comply with certain requirements of the
Act intended to protect air quality. The
complaint seeks injunctive relief and
civil penalties for violations of the
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(‘‘PSD’’) and Title V provisions of the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7470–92 and 42
U.S.C. 7661a–76661f, and related state
and federal implementing regulations.
The complaint alleges that WPS failed
to obtain appropriate permits and failed
to install and operate required pollution
control devices to reduce emissions of
various air pollutants at the Weston
Generation Station, a coal-fired power
plant in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
The proposed consent decree would
resolve past Clean Air Act violations
and would require WPS to reduce
harmful emissions of sulfur dioxide
(‘‘SO2’’), nitrogen oxides (‘‘NOX’’), and
particular matter (‘‘PM’’) emissions, at
the Weston Generation Station, as well
as the Pulliam Generation Station, a
coal-fired power plant located in Brown
County, Wisconsin. The reductions
would be achieved through emission
control requirements and limitations
specified by the proposed consent
decree, including installation and
operation of pollution controls;
retirement, refueling, or repowering of
certain generating units; and annual
emission caps at both the Weston and
Pulliam plants. WPS will also spend $6
million to fund environmental
mitigation projects that will further
reduce emissions and benefit
communities adversely affected by
pollution from its plants, and pay a civil
penalty of $1.2 million.
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 v. Wisconsin
Public Service Corporation, Civ. No. 13–
C–10 (E.D. Wis.), D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–
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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 e-mail
pubcommentees.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.usdoj.gov/enrd/
Consent_Decrees.html. 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 $19.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Partial
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
Notice is hereby given that on January
3, 2013, a proposed partial Consent
Decree (‘‘Decree’’) was lodged in U.S. v.
BP Exploration and Production, et al,
Civil No. 10–4536 (E.D. La.) (That case
is centralized in MDL 2179: In Re: Oil
Spill by the Oil Rig ‘‘Deepwater
Horizon’’ in the Gulf of Mexico, on April
20, 2010.)
In this civil enforcement action the
United States sought, among other
things, civil penalties under Section
311(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1321(b), from the ‘‘Transocean
Defendants’’ (Transocean Deepwater
Inc., Transocean Offshore Deepwater
Drilling Inc., Transocean Holdings LLC,
and Triton Asset Leasing GmbH). That
claim arises against the Transocean
Defendants, and other defendants as
well, from the discharge of oil into the
Gulf of Mexico resulting from the
blowout of the Macondo Well that began
in April 2010.
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Under the proposed Decree, the
Transocean Defendants will pay a $1
billion civil penalty. The proposed
Decree does not conclude any claim
against the Transocean Defendants other
than those claims for penalty specified
in the proposed Decree. The proposed
Decree also does not resolve any claim
brought against other defendants in this
civil enforcement action.
Also under the proposed Decree, the
Transocean Defendants must comply
with court-enforceable strictures aimed
at reducing the chances of another
blowout-and-discharge-of-oil and at
improving emergency response
capabilities. Examples of these
requirements include: Certifications of
maintenance and repair of blowout
preventers before each drilling job,
consideration of process safety risks,
and personnel training related to oil
spills and responses to other
emergencies. The Transocean
Defendants will have to meet these
requirements for at least five years on all
their drilling operations in waters near
the United States.
The Department of Justice will receive
for a period of twenty-one (21) calendar
days from the date of this publication
comments relating to the proposed
Decree. The 21-day period (and not a
longer period of time) is provided to
ensure both a proper public comment
period and an opportunity for the
Department of Justice to receive,
consider, and address public comments
before the first phase of the civil trial,
scheduled to begin on February 25,
2013, before the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of
Louisiana. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and either emailed
to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or
mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S.
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044–7611, and should refer to U.S. v.
BP Exploration and Production et al,
Civil No. 10–4536 (E.D. La.) (centralized
in MDL 2179: In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil
Rig ‘‘Deepwater Horizon’’ in the Gulf of
Mexico, April 20, 2012), D.J. Ref. 90–5–
1–1–10026.
During the public comment period,
the proposed Decree may be examined
on the following Department of Justice
Web site: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/
Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the
proposed 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
‘‘Consent Decree Copy’’
(EESCDCopy.ENRD@usdoj.gov), fax no.
(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation
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number (202) 514–5271. If requesting a
copy from the Consent Decree Library
by mail, please enclose a check in the
amount of $19.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the U.S.
Treasury or, if requesting by fax,
forward a check in that amount to the
Consent Decree Library at the address
given above.
Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
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Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—ASTM International
Standards
Notice is hereby given that, on
December 12, 2012, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative
Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),
ASTM International (‘‘ASTM’’) has filed
written notifications simultaneously
with the Attorney General and the
Federal Trade Commission disclosing
additions or changes to its standards
development activities. The
notifications were filed for the purpose
of extending the Act’s provisions
limiting the recovery of antitrust
plaintiffs to actual damages under
specified circumstances. Specifically,
ASTM has provided an updated list of
current, ongoing ASTM standards
activities originating between
September and December 2012
designated as Work Items. A complete
listing of ASTM Work Items, along with
a brief description of each, is available
at https://www.astm.org.
On September 15, 2004, ASTM filed
its original notification pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department
of Justice published a notice in the
Federal Register pursuant to Section
6(b) of the Act on November 10, 2004
(69 FR 65226).
The last notification was filed with
the Department on September 10, 2012.
A notice was published in the Federal
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act on October 11, 2012 (77 FR 61786).
Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Partial Consent Decree Under the
Clean Water Act
Notice is hereby given that on January 3, 2013, a proposed partial
Consent Decree (``Decree'') was lodged in U.S. v. BP Exploration and
Production, et al, Civil No. 10-4536 (E.D. La.) (That case is
centralized in MDL 2179: In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig ``Deepwater
Horizon'' in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010.)
In this civil enforcement action the United States sought, among
other things, civil penalties under Section 311(b) of the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(b), from the ``Transocean Defendants'' (Transocean
Deepwater Inc., Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc., Transocean
Holdings LLC, and Triton Asset Leasing GmbH). That claim arises against
the Transocean Defendants, and other defendants as well, from the
discharge of oil into the Gulf of Mexico resulting from the blowout of
the Macondo Well that began in April 2010.
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Under the proposed Decree, the Transocean Defendants will pay a $1
billion civil penalty. The proposed Decree does not conclude any claim
against the Transocean Defendants other than those claims for penalty
specified in the proposed Decree. The proposed Decree also does not
resolve any claim brought against other defendants in this civil
enforcement action.
Also under the proposed Decree, the Transocean Defendants must
comply with court-enforceable strictures aimed at reducing the chances
of another blowout-and-discharge-of-oil and at improving emergency
response capabilities. Examples of these requirements include:
Certifications of maintenance and repair of blowout preventers before
each drilling job, consideration of process safety risks, and personnel
training related to oil spills and responses to other emergencies. The
Transocean Defendants will have to meet these requirements for at least
five years on all their drilling operations in waters near the United
States.
The Department of Justice will receive for a period of twenty-one
(21) calendar days from the date of this publication comments relating
to the proposed Decree. The 21-day period (and not a longer period of
time) is provided to ensure both a proper public comment period and an
opportunity for the Department of Justice to receive, consider, and
address public comments before the first phase of the civil trial,
scheduled to begin on February 25, 2013, before the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Comments should
be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and either emailed to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov
or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20044-7611, and should refer to U.S. v. BP Exploration and Production
et al, Civil No. 10-4536 (E.D. La.) (centralized in MDL 2179: In Re:
Oil Spill by the Oil Rig ``Deepwater Horizon'' in the Gulf of Mexico,
April 20, 2012), D.J. Ref. 90-5-1-1-10026.
During the public comment period, the proposed Decree may be
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed 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 ``Consent Decree Copy''
(EESCDCopy.ENRD@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation
number (202) 514-5271. If requesting a copy from the Consent Decree
Library by mail, please enclose a check in the amount of $19.50 (25
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, if
requesting by fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree
Library at the address given above.
Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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