Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 61797-61798 [2017-28105]
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Natural Resources Division.
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proposed Consent Decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should
refer to United States v. Coast Wood
Preserving, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3–
835/3. 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:
Send them to:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
By email .......
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (‘‘CERCLA’’)
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To submit
comments:
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usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
On December 21, 2017, the
Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of
California that would resolve the
lawsuit entitled United States v. Coast
Wood Preserving, Inc., Civil Action No.
1:17–cv–01720. The proposed Consent
Decree was lodged in the related case
State of California Department of Toxic
Substances Control and Toxic
Substances Control Account v. Coast
Wood Preserving, et al., Civil Action No.
CV–F–96–6055, which would also be
resolved by the proposed Consent
Decree. The Department of Justice has
filed a motion requesting that these two
cases be considered together by the
court for purposes of settlement.
This case involves claims under
CERCLA relating to the costs of
remediating soil and groundwater
contamination at the Coast Wood
Preserving Site in Ukiah, California (the
‘‘Site’’). Under the proposed Consent
Decree, Coast Wood Preserving, Inc.
agrees to conduct the remaining cleanup
work at the Site, to pay $57,450 for
EPA’s past response costs incurred in
connection with the Site, and to pay any
such costs EPA incurs in the future. In
exchange, Coast Wood Preserving, Inc.
receives a covenant not to sue under
Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA and
Section 7003 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
(‘‘RCRA’’). A group of current and
former shareholders and employees of
Coast Wood Preserving, Inc.—the
Michael Logsdon Wood Trust, the
Schmidt Wood Trust, Joyce Logsdon,
Eugene E. Pietila, and Robert Schmidt—
are also parties to the proposed Consent
Decree, and also receive covenants not
to sue under CERCLA and RCRA.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
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Under section 7003(d) of RCRA, a
commenter may request an opportunity
for a public meeting in the affected area.
During the public comment period,
the proposed Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department website: 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 $177.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury. For a paper copy
without the exhibits and signature
pages, the cost is $28.25.
Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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61797
black manufacturing facilities located in
Louisiana and Texas. The Consent
Decree imposed various pollution
control requirements on Defendant’s
facilities, including requirements
related to sulfur dioxide, nitrogen
oxides, and particulate matter
emissions. At the Canal and Ville Platte
facilities in Louisiana, these pollution
control requirements included, among
other requirements, installation of Wet
Gas Scrubber (‘‘WGS’’) systems
designed to reduce sulfur dioxide
emissions, and Selective Catalytic
Reduction (‘‘SCR’’) systems to reduce
nitrogen oxide emissions. The WGS
systems are also expected to result in an
ancillary reduction in particulate matter
emissions. On May 5, 2017, the Court
entered a First Modification of Consent
Decree extending certain compliance
deadlines in the Consent Decree.
The parties have now agreed to
further modify certain Consent Decree
deadlines. The modification resolves
issues regarding the feasibility of the
affected deadlines and resolves a
potential dispute between the parties
concerning them. The modification does
not change Defendant’s ultimate
obligation to install and operate
pollution controls at its facilities.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed further modification to the
Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States and the Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality v.
Cabot Corporation, Civil Case No. 13–
3095 (W.D. La.), D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–
1–10355. 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:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ–ENRD,
P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044–7611
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Modification of Consent Decree Under
the Clean Air Act
On December 22, 2017, the
Department of Justice lodged a proposed
modification to a Consent Decree with
the United States District Court for the
Western District of Louisiana in United
States and the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality v. Cabot
Corporation, Civil Case No. 13–3095
(W.D. La.).
The original Consent Decree was
entered on March 13, 2014, and
resolved civil claims under the Clean
Air Act at the Defendant’s three carbon
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By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the proposed modifications to the
Consent Decree may be examined and
downloaded at this Justice Department
website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/
consent-decrees. We will provide a
paper copy of the proposed
modifications upon written request and
payment of reproduction costs. Please
mail your request and payment to:
Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ–
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 249 / Friday, December 29, 2017 / Notices
ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $3.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
[NARA–2018–014]
Explanation of Generic ICRs
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA).
ACTION: Notice of a request for
comments regarding a new information
collection.
AGENCY:
We are proposing a new
generic information collection request
(generic ICR) entitled Generic Clearance
for NARA Public and Education
Program Registration. This notice
announces that we plan to submit this
generic ICR plan to OMB for approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act and
solicits comments on specific aspects of
the collection plan. We will use this to
collect information from individuals
registering for an education or other
program at NARA.
DATES: We must receive written
comments on or before February 27,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to
Paperwork Reduction Act Comments
(MP), Room 4100, National Archives
and Records Administration, 8601
Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740–
6001, by fax to 301–837–0319, or by
email to tamee.fechhelm@nara.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Tamee Fechhelm by telephone
at 301–837–1694 or fax at 301–837–
0319 with requests for additional
information or copies of the proposed
information collection and supporting
statement.
SUMMARY:
Pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13), we invite comments
on: (a) Whether collecting this
information is necessary for proper
performance of the agency’s functions,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
our estimate of the information
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collection’s burden on respondents; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information we propose to
collect; (d) ways to minimize the burden
on respondents of collecting the
information, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources people need to provide the
information, including time to review
instructions, process and maintain the
information, search data sources, and
respond.
A generic ICR is a request for OMB to
approve a plan for conducting more
than one information collection using
very similar methods when (1) we can
evaluate the need for and the overall
practical utility of the data in advance,
as part of the review of the proposed
plan, but (2) we cannot determine the
details of the specific individual
collections until a later time. Most
generic clearances cover collections that
are voluntary, low-burden (based on a
consideration of total burden, total
respondents, or burden per respondent),
and uncontroversial. This notice, for
example, describes a general plan to
gather registration information from
members of the public who wish to
participate in programs at NARA,
through a series of registration forms
used for a variety of current and future
education programs at different
facilities. As part of this plan, we
construct, distribute, and use the
registration forms in a similar manner,
but customize each one for the type and
location of the program involved.
Because we seek public comment on
the plan, we do not need to seek public
comment on each specific information
collection that falls within the plan
when we later develop the individual
information collection. This saves the
Government time and burden, and it
streamlines our ability to gather
registration information so we can
provide more responsive programs.
However, we still submit each specific
information collection (e.g., each form)
to OMB for review, in accordance with
the terms of clearance set upon approval
of the plan. OMB assesses the
individual forms for PRA requirements,
ensures that they fit within the scope of
this generic ICR plan, and includes the
specific forms in the PRA public docket
prior to our use of them.
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Specifics on This Information
Collection
Title: Generic Clearance for NARA
Public and Education Program
Registration.
Description: This generic information
collection request allows us to gather
information from those members of the
public who wish to register for public
events, education programs, tours, and
training sponsored by NARA. We will
not use these forms for quantitative
information collections designed to
yield reliably actionable results, such as
monitoring trends over time or
documenting program performance.
Purpose: Collecting this information
allows us to register participants for
NARA’s public, education, and training
programs throughout the agency’s
locations, and to collect and process
credit card payments. The information
is also used to develop mailing lists for
distribution of education-related
information and special NARA training
events, based on the request or
expressed interest of the person
registering. Advance registration allows
NARA offices to schedule the tours,
training, and events to maximize the
participants’ time and to accommodate
the participants in the space. The
information collected from registrants
will help ensure that users have an
effective, efficient, and satisfying
experience with our programs, in
compliance with E.O. 12862. Without
the ability to collect this information,
NARA would not be able to effectively
organize events, resulting in possibly
turning away members of the public
from events that might be overbooked.
Conditions: We will submit a specific
information collection for approval
under this generic clearance only if it
meets the following conditions:
• The collection is voluntary;
• The collection is low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and is low-cost for both the
respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collection is non-controversial
and does not raise issues of concern to
other Federal agencies;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is retained only for the
period of time required by NARA
records schedules;
• Information gathered will be used
only internally for program management
purposes and is not intended for release
outside of the agency;
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 249 (Friday, December 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification of Consent Decree
Under the Clean Air Act
On December 22, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
modification to a Consent Decree with the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana in United States and the
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality v. Cabot Corporation,
Civil Case No. 13-3095 (W.D. La.).
The original Consent Decree was entered on March 13, 2014, and
resolved civil claims under the Clean Air Act at the Defendant's three
carbon black manufacturing facilities located in Louisiana and Texas.
The Consent Decree imposed various pollution control requirements on
Defendant's facilities, including requirements related to sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter emissions. At the
Canal and Ville Platte facilities in Louisiana, these pollution control
requirements included, among other requirements, installation of Wet
Gas Scrubber (``WGS'') systems designed to reduce sulfur dioxide
emissions, and Selective Catalytic Reduction (``SCR'') systems to
reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. The WGS systems are also expected to
result in an ancillary reduction in particulate matter emissions. On
May 5, 2017, the Court entered a First Modification of Consent Decree
extending certain compliance deadlines in the Consent Decree.
The parties have now agreed to further modify certain Consent
Decree deadlines. The modification resolves issues regarding the
feasibility of the affected deadlines and resolves a potential dispute
between the parties concerning them. The modification does not change
Defendant's ultimate obligation to install and operate pollution
controls at its facilities.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed further modification to the Consent Decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States and the
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality v. Cabot Corporation,
Civil Case No. 13-3095 (W.D. La.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-10355. 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............................ [email protected].
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 modifications to the
Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We
will provide a paper copy of the proposed modifications upon written
request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your request and
payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ-
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ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $3.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural.
[FR Doc. 2017-28105 Filed 12-28-17; 8:45 am]
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