Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 16819-16820 [2014-06597]
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more or less to the north line of section
2, from which, the one quarter (1⁄4)
section corner of sections 2 and 35, Tps.
35 and 36 S., R. 2 W., bears West, 474.00
feet; thence East, along the north line of
section 2, 2166 feet more or less to the
corner of sections 1, 2, 35 and 36, Tps.
35 and 36 S., R. 2 W.; thence S. 0°17′ E.,
along the east line of section 2, 2640 feet
more or less to the one quarter (1⁄4)
section corner of sections 1 and 2; thence
S. 0°17′ E., continuing along the east line
of section 2, 2640 feet more or less to the
corner of sections 1, 2, 11 and 12; thence
S. 89°57′ W., along the south line of
section 2, 2160 feet more or less to the
true point of beginning.
Sec. 4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec. 9, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4;
The following non-Federal land will be
included in the closure should it be acquired
by the United States during the period of
time the closure is in effect:
Willamette Meridian, Jackson County,
Oregon
T. 36 S., R. 2 W.
Sec. 4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 and SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;
also, Beginning at a 3⁄4 inch iron pipe
monumenting the West One-Quarter
corner of Section 4, Township 36 South,
Range 2 West, Willamette Meridian,
Jackson County, Oregon; thence North
00°33′00″ West along West boundary of
said Section 4, a distance of 1320.865
feet to a brass cap monumenting the
Northwest corner of the Southwest OneQuarter of the Northwest One-Quarter of
said Section 4; thence South 89°52′15″
East along the North boundary of said
Quarter-Quarter 584.03 feet to a 5⁄8 inch
iron pin; thence South 05°08′33″ East
1096.68 feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin; thence
South 50°00′00″ East 342.82 feet to a 5⁄8
inch iron pin located at the point of
curve on the Northerly right of way
boundary of a Dedicated Way; thence in
a Southwesterly counter-clockwise
direction along said right of way
boundary along a 50.00 foot radius curve
to the left (the long chord to which bears
South 46°19′28″ West 69.06 feet) an arc
length of 76.23 feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin
at a point on curve; thence leaving said
right of way boundary on a radial line
from the center of said 50.00 foot radius
curve North 87°21′03″ West 883.26 feet
to the point of beginning.
also, Beginning at a 3⁄4 inch iron pipe
monumenting the West one-quarter
corner of Section 4, Township 36 South,
Range 2 West, Willamette Meridian,
Jackson County, Oregon; thence on a
radial line towards the center of a 50.00
foot radius cul-de-sac South 87°21′03″
East 883.26 feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin
located on the arc of said 50.00 foot
radius curve; thence in a Southeasterly
counter-clockwise direction along said
50.00 foot radius curve to the left (the
long chord to which bears South
11°40′29″ East 24.74 feet) an arc length
of 25.00 feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin; thence
leaving said cul-de-sac South 30°32′53″
West 573.36 feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin;
thence South 05°25′37″ East 757.36 feet
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to a 5⁄8 inch iron pinwitness monument;
thence continue South 05°25′37″ East
10.00 feet, more or less, to the South
boundary of the North half of the
Southwest quarter of Section 4; thence
North 89°49′49″ West along the South
boundary of said North half 655.80 feet
to the Southwest corner thereof; thence
North 00°33′00″ West along the West
boundary of said Section 4, a distance of
1320.87 feet to the point of beginning.
also, Commencing at a 3⁄4 inch iron pipe
monumenting the West quarter corner of
Section 4, Township 36 South, Range 2
West, Willamette Meridian, Jackson
County, Oregon; thence on a radial line
towards the center of a 50.00 foot radius
cul-de-sac South 87°21′03″ East 883.26
feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin located on the
arc of said 50.00 foot radius curve;
thence in a Southeasterly, counterclockwise direction, along said 50.00
foot radius curve to the left (the long
chord to which bears South 11°40′29″
East 24.74 feet) an arc length of 25.00
feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin for the true
point of beginning; thence continue
along said 50.00 foot radius curve to the
left (the long chord to which bears North
71°13′56″ East 99.20 feet) an arc length
of 144.46 feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin;
thence East 277.01 feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron
pin; thence along the arc of an 80.00 foot
radius curve to the right (the long chord
to which bears South 80°54′09″ East
25.30 feet) an arc length of 25.41 feet to
a 5⁄8 inch iron pin being a point of
reverse curve; thence along the arc of a
120.00 foot radius curve to the left (the
long chord to which bears South
80°50′04″ East 37.67 feet) an arc length
of 37.82 feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin; thence
South 89°51′50″ East 35.00 feet to a 5⁄8
inch iron pin; thence South 00°28′30″
East 1271.64 feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin
witness monument; thence continue
South 00°28′30″ East 10.0 feet, more or
less, to the South boundary of the North
half of the Southwest quarter of said
Section 4; thence North 89°49′49″ West
along the South boundary of said North
half 697.57 feet to a point that bears
South 05°25′37″ East from a 5⁄8 inch iron
pin witness monument; thence leaving
said South boundary North 05°25′37″
West 10.0 feet, more or less, to said 5⁄8
inch iron pin witness monument; thence
continue North 05°25′37″ West 757.36
feet to a 5⁄8 inch iron pin; thence North
30°32′53″ East 573.36 feet to the true
point of beginning.
Sec. 9, N1⁄2NW1⁄4;
The temporary restrictions are necessary to
protect cultural, historical, wildlife, and
botanical resources on newly acquired and
existing public lands within the Table Rocks
Management Area until they can be
inventoried and until the BLM can consider
a permanent closure through the land use
plan amendment process.
The BLM will post restriction signs at
main entry points to this area. This
Temporary Restriction notice will be
posted in the Medford District Office.
Maps of the affected area and other
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documents associated with this closure
are available at www.blm.gov/or/
districts/medford/plans/table/
index.php, BLM_OR_MD_Mail@blm.gov,
or 3040 Biddle Road, Medford, OR
97504, for the Medford District Butte
Falls Resource Area. Under the
authority of Section 303(a) of the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a)), 43 CFR
8360.0–7, and 43 CFR 8364.1, the BLM
will enforce the following rule(s) within
the Table Rocks Management Area:
1. You must not discharge firearms,
gas- or air-powered weapons or
simulated weapons, including paintball
and paintball-like weapons, from or
across BLM lands.
2. You must not use motorized
vehicles or non-motorized mechanized
vehicles that are propelled or powered
by any means outside of trailhead
parking areas.
3. You must not bring dogs or other
domestic animals outside of the
trailhead parking areas.
4. You must not bring or use metal
detectors, or dig, scrape, disturb, or
remove natural land features for any
purpose.
The following persons are exempt
from this order: Federal, State, and local
officers and employees in the
performance of their official duties;
members of organized rescue or firefighting forces in the performance of
their official duties; and persons with
written authorization from the BLM.
Any person who violates the above
rule(s) and/or restriction(s) may be tried
before a United States Magistrate and
fined no more than $1,000, imprisoned
for no more than 12 months or both.
Such violations may also be subject to
the enhanced fines provided for by 18
U.S.C. 3571.
Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1.
Jon K. Raby,
Butte Falls Field Manager, Medford District.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On March 18, 2014, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the Western District of
Oklahoma in the lawsuit entitled United
States, et al. v. El Dorado Chemical
Company, et al., Civil Action No. 5:14cv-00271–F.
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In this action the United States, acting
on behalf of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and joined by the
State of Alabama, the Alabama
Department of Environmental
Management, and the Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality
acting for the State of Oklahoma, filed
a complaint under the Clean Air Act
(‘‘CAA’’), 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., against
El Dorado Chemical Company, Cherokee
Nitrogen Company, and Pryor Chemical
Company, the owners and operators of
three nitric acid manufacturing facilities
located respectively in El Dorado,
Arkansas, Cherokee, Alabama, and
Pryor, Oklahoma, seeking civil penalties
and injunctive relief. The Complaint
alleges that the Defendants constructed
or made modifications to a total of six
nitric acid plants, located across the
three nitric acid manufacturing
facilities, without first obtaining preconstruction permits and installing
required pollution control equipment,
in violation of: The CAA Nonattainment
New Source Review, Prevention of
Significant Deterioration, and Title V
permitting requirement provisions, 42
U.S.C. 7470–7492, 7501–7511f, 7661–
7661f; the CAA State Implementation
Plans in Alabama, Arkansas, and
Oklahoma, 42 U.S.C. 7410; and Subparts
A and G of the CAA’s New Source
Performance Standards, 40 CFR 60.2,
60.70, 60.72, 60.73, and 60.82. The
Complaint also alleges violations based
on Oklahoma law at the Pryor,
Oklahoma facility.
The Consent Decree resolves the
claims in the Complaint and requires
the Settling Defendants, who consist of
the named Defendants, LSB Industries,
Inc. (the named Defendant’s parent
company), and El Dorado Nitrogen, L.P.
(an LSB Industries subsidiary), to pay a
$725,000 civil penalty, of which
$362,500 will go to the United States,
$156,250 will go to the State of
Alabama, and $206,250 will go to the
State of Oklahoma. Additionally, under
the Consent Decree the Settling
Defendants will install or upgrade
controls to reduce emissions of NOX and
install or upgrade continuous emissions
monitoring systems for all operating
nitric acid plants at the Arkansas,
Alabama, and Oklahoma facilities as
well as at an additional facility in
Baytown, Texas, operated by El Dorado
Nitrogen, L.P. Finally, under the
Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants
will undertake an environmental
mitigation project to remediate acidified
soils and reforest land in Union County,
Arkansas.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
Consent Decree. Comments should be
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addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States, et al. v. El Dorado
Chemical Company, et al., D.J. Ref. No.
90–5–2–1–10311. 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 ......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
Re: Comments D.J. Ref.
No. 90–5–2–1–10311, 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.html. 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 $25.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury. For a paper copy of the
Consent Decree without the
attachments, which may be alternatively
requested, the cost is $20.50.
Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment and Natural Resources
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree
In accordance with Departmental
Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Town of Ramapo, New
York, Civil Action No. 7:14–cv–01888–
NSR, was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Southern District
of New York on March 18, 2014.
This proposed Consent Decree
concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against Defendant Town
of Ramapo, New York, pursuant to
Sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean
Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a), 1344(s), to
obtain injunctive relief from and impose
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civil penalties against the Defendant for
violating the Clean Water Act by
discharging pollutants without a permit
into waters of the United States and by
failing to adhere to the conditions of a
permit issued under 33 U.S.C. 1344(s).
The proposed Consent Decree resolves
these allegations by requiring the
Defendant to perform mitigation and to
pay a civil penalty.
The Department of Justice will accept
written comments relating to this
proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30)
days from the date of publication of this
Notice. Please address comments to
Assistant United States Attorney
Andrew E. Krause, United States
Attorney’s Office, Southern District of
New York, 86 Chambers Street, 3rd
Floor, New York, NY 10007, and refer
to United States v. Town of Ramapo,
New York, USAO No. 2013V00629.
The proposed Consent Decree may be
examined at the Clerk’s Office of the
United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York, The
Hon. Charles L. Brieant Jr. Federal
Building and Courthouse, 300
Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY
10601–4150. In addition, the proposed
Consent Decree may be examined
electronically at https://www.justice.gov/
enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.
Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Defense Section, Environment and Natural
Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Logging
Operations Standard
ACTION:
Notice.
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) sponsored information
collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Logging
Operations Standard,’’ to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval for continued use,
without change, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
April 25, 2014.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On March 18, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western
District of Oklahoma in the lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v.
El Dorado Chemical Company, et al., Civil Action No. 5:14-cv-00271-F.
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In this action the United States, acting on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, and joined by the State of Alabama,
the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, and the Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality acting for the State of Oklahoma,
filed a complaint under the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq., against El Dorado Chemical Company, Cherokee Nitrogen Company,
and Pryor Chemical Company, the owners and operators of three nitric
acid manufacturing facilities located respectively in El Dorado,
Arkansas, Cherokee, Alabama, and Pryor, Oklahoma, seeking civil
penalties and injunctive relief. The Complaint alleges that the
Defendants constructed or made modifications to a total of six nitric
acid plants, located across the three nitric acid manufacturing
facilities, without first obtaining pre-construction permits and
installing required pollution control equipment, in violation of: The
CAA Nonattainment New Source Review, Prevention of Significant
Deterioration, and Title V permitting requirement provisions, 42 U.S.C.
7470-7492, 7501-7511f, 7661-7661f; the CAA State Implementation Plans
in Alabama, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, 42 U.S.C. 7410; and Subparts A and
G of the CAA's New Source Performance Standards, 40 CFR 60.2, 60.70,
60.72, 60.73, and 60.82. The Complaint also alleges violations based on
Oklahoma law at the Pryor, Oklahoma facility.
The Consent Decree resolves the claims in the Complaint and
requires the Settling Defendants, who consist of the named Defendants,
LSB Industries, Inc. (the named Defendant's parent company), and El
Dorado Nitrogen, L.P. (an LSB Industries subsidiary), to pay a $725,000
civil penalty, of which $362,500 will go to the United States, $156,250
will go to the State of Alabama, and $206,250 will go to the State of
Oklahoma. Additionally, under the Consent Decree the Settling
Defendants will install or upgrade controls to reduce emissions of
NOX and install or upgrade continuous emissions monitoring
systems for all operating nitric acid plants at the Arkansas, Alabama,
and Oklahoma facilities as well as at an additional facility in
Baytown, Texas, operated by El Dorado Nitrogen, L.P. Finally, under the
Consent Decree, the Settling Defendants will undertake an environmental
mitigation project to remediate acidified soils and reforest land in
Union County, Arkansas.
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, et al. v. El Dorado Chemical Company, et
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-10311. 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 e-mail........................... pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov.
By mail............................. Assistant Attorney General, Re:
Comments D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
10311, U.S. DOJ-ENRD, P.O. Box
7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
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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.html. 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 $25.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy of the Consent Decree without the attachments, which may be
alternatively requested, the cost is $20.50.
Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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