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I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Consent Decree
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Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air
Act Citizen Suit
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent
decree; request for public comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended
(‘‘CAA’’), notice is hereby given of a
proposed consent decree to address a
lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club
(‘‘Plaintiff’’), in the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania: Sierra Club v. McCarthy,
No. 2:13–cv–06115–JCJ (E.D.Pa.). On
October 18, 2013, Plaintiff filed a
complaint that EPA failed to perform a
non-discretionary duty to grant or deny
seven petitions timely submitted by
Plaintiff in 2012, requesting that EPA
object to CAA title V operating permits
issued by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection for seven
coal-fired power plants located in
Pennsylvania. Under the terms of the
proposed consent decree, EPA would be
required to sign its response for two of
Plaintiff’s petitions by July 31, 2014, or
within 30 days of the entry of this
Consent Decree, whichever is later, and
would be able to defer action on the
other five petitions.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed consent decree must be
received by June 20, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2014–0398, 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
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The proposed consent decree would
settle Plaintiff’s claims in a title V
deadline suit under section 505(b)(2) of
the Clean Air Act concerning seven
administrative petitions to object to
seven title V permits issued by the
Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection for seven
coal-fired power plants located in
Pennsylvania. The proposed consent
decree would require EPA to sign its
responses for two of Plaintiff’s petitions
by July 31, 2014, or within 30 days of
the entry of this Consent Decree,
whichever is later. The proposed
consent decree also includes terms that
allow EPA to defer action on the other
five petitions. Once EPA has signed its
responses, EPA would be required to
deliver notice of its responses to the
Office of the Federal Register for
publication within 10 business days of
signature. In addition, the proposed
consent decree would require EPA to
transmit its determination to Sierra Club
within 5 business days of signature and,
if such determination contains an
objection in whole or in part, to the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Environmental
Protection. Under the proposed consent
decree, once EPA has met all of its
obligations, and any claims by Plaintiffs
for costs of litigation have been resolved
pursuant to the process provided in the
proposed consent decree, either party
may move the Court to terminate the
consent decree.
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
consent decree 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
consent decree 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
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determines that consent to the consent
decree should be withdrawn, the terms
of the decree will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
A. How can I get a copy of the consent
decree?
Direct your comments to the official
public docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2014–
0398 which contains a copy of the
consent decree. 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, 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, key in the appropriate docket
identification number then select
‘‘search’’.
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.
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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: May 13, 2014.
Lorie J. Schmidt,
Associate General Counsel.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``CAA''), notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree
to address a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club (``Plaintiff''), in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania:
Sierra Club v. McCarthy, No. 2:13-cv-06115-JCJ (E.D.Pa.). On October
18, 2013, Plaintiff filed a complaint that EPA failed to perform a non-
discretionary duty to grant or deny seven petitions timely submitted by
Plaintiff in 2012, requesting that EPA object to CAA title V operating
permits issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection for seven coal-fired power plants located in Pennsylvania.
Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, EPA would be required
to sign its response for two of Plaintiff's petitions by July 31, 2014,
or within 30 days of the entry of this Consent Decree, whichever is
later, and would be able to defer action on the other five petitions.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by June 20, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2014-0398, 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: Susan Stahle, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-1272; fax number (202) 564-5603; email address:
stahle.susan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed consent decree would settle Plaintiff's claims in a
title V deadline suit under section 505(b)(2) of the Clean Air Act
concerning seven administrative petitions to object to seven title V
permits issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection for seven coal-fired power plants located in Pennsylvania.
The proposed consent decree would require EPA to sign its responses for
two of Plaintiff's petitions by July 31, 2014, or within 30 days of the
entry of this Consent Decree, whichever is later. The proposed consent
decree also includes terms that allow EPA to defer action on the other
five petitions. Once EPA has signed its responses, EPA would be
required to deliver notice of its responses to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication within 10 business days of signature.
In addition, the proposed consent decree would require EPA to transmit
its determination to Sierra Club within 5 business days of signature
and, if such determination contains an objection in whole or in part,
to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental
Protection. Under the proposed consent decree, once EPA has met all of
its obligations, and any claims by Plaintiffs for costs of litigation
have been resolved pursuant to the process provided in the proposed
consent decree, either party may move the Court to terminate the
consent decree.
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 consent decree 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 consent decree
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 consent decree should be
withdrawn, the terms of the decree will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
A. How can I get a copy of the consent decree?
Direct your comments to the official public docket for this action
under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2014-0398 which contains a copy of the
consent decree. 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, 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, key in
the appropriate docket identification number then select ``search''.
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.
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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: May 13, 2014.
Lorie J. Schmidt,
Associate General Counsel.
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