Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 42840 [2015-17711]
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On July 15, 2015, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Iowa
in the lawsuit entitled United States, et
al. v. Interstate Power and Light
Company, Civil Case No. 1:15–cv–00061
(N.D. Iowa). The State of Iowa, Linn
County Iowa, and the Sierra Club are coplaintiffs in the case.
In this civil enforcement action under
the federal Clean Air Act (‘‘Act’’), the
United States alleges that Interstate
Power and Light Company
(‘‘Defendant’’), failed to comply with
certain requirements of the Act intended
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to protect air quality at power plants in
Iowa. The complaint seeks injunctive
relief and civil penalties for violations
of the Clean Air Act’s Prevention of
Significant Deterioration (‘‘PSD’’)
provisions, 42 U.S.C. 7470–92, and
various Clean Air Act implementing
regulations. Specifically, the complaint
alleges that Defendant failed to obtain
appropriate permits and failed to install
and operate required pollution control
devices to reduce emissions of sulfur
dioxide (‘‘SO2’’) and/or nitrogen oxides
(‘‘NOX’’) at the company’s Ottumwa and
Lansing plants.
The proposed Consent Decree would
resolve violations for certain provisions
of the Act at the Ottumwa and Lansing
plants as well as Defendant’s five other
coal-fired power plants in Iowa: The
Burlington, Dubuque, M.L. Kapp, Prairie
Creek, and Sutherland plants. The
proposed Consent Decree would require
the Defendant to reduce harmful SO2,
NOX, and particulate matter emissions
from these seven plants through the
installation and operation of pollution
controls and conversions to natural gas
or retirements. The Defendant will also
spend $6,000,000 to fund environmental
mitigation projects that will further
reduce emissions and benefit
communities adversely affected by the
pollution from the plants, and pay a
civil penalty of $1,100,000.
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, et al. v. Interstate
Power and Light Company, Civil Case
No. 1:15–cv&00061 (N.D. Iowa), D.J. Ref.
No. 90–5–2–1–10594. 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 email .......
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.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
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,
PO 00000
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U.S. DOJ–ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $ 29.50 (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 July 15, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Iowa in the lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v.
Interstate Power and Light Company, Civil Case No. 1:15-cv-00061 (N.D.
Iowa). The State of Iowa, Linn County Iowa, and the Sierra Club are co-
plaintiffs in the case.
In this civil enforcement action under the federal Clean Air Act
(``Act''), the United States alleges that Interstate Power and Light
Company (``Defendant''), failed to comply with certain requirements of
the Act intended to protect air quality at power plants in Iowa. The
complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties for violations of
the Clean Air Act's Prevention of Significant Deterioration (``PSD'')
provisions, 42 U.S.C. 7470-92, and various Clean Air Act implementing
regulations. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Defendant failed
to obtain appropriate permits and failed to install and operate
required pollution control devices to reduce emissions of sulfur
dioxide (``SO2'') and/or nitrogen oxides
(``NOX'') at the company's Ottumwa and Lansing plants.
The proposed Consent Decree would resolve violations for certain
provisions of the Act at the Ottumwa and Lansing plants as well as
Defendant's five other coal-fired power plants in Iowa: The Burlington,
Dubuque, M.L. Kapp, Prairie Creek, and Sutherland plants. The proposed
Consent Decree would require the Defendant to reduce harmful
SO2, NOX, and particulate matter emissions from
these seven plants through the installation and operation of pollution
controls and conversions to natural gas or retirements. The Defendant
will also spend $6,000,000 to fund environmental mitigation projects
that will further reduce emissions and benefit communities adversely
affected by the pollution from the plants, and pay a civil penalty of
$1,100,000.
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, et al. v. Interstate Power and Light
Company, Civil Case No. 1:15-cv&00061 (N.D. Iowa), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-
2-1-10594. 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 email............................ pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov.
By mail............................. 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 proposed Consent Decree may
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $ 29.50 (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.
[FR Doc. 2015-17711 Filed 7-17-15; 8:45 am]
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