Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 2820-2821 [2018-00833]

Download as PDF 2820 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 13 / Friday, January 19, 2018 / Notices collection: The estimated public burden associated with this collection is 84 hours. It is estimated that respondents will need 5 minutes to complete a questionnaire. The burden hours for collecting respondent data sum to approximately 84 hours (1000 respondents × 5 minutes = 83.33 hours). If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530. Dated: January 16, 2018. Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2018–00906 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–02–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; and Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act On January 10, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Central District of California in the lawsuit entitled United States and California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Jervis B. Webb Company and Jervis B. Webb Company of California, Civil Action No. 2:18–cv–234–ODW–JEM. The United States and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control filed this lawsuit asserting a claim under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) against the Jervis B. Webb Company of California (Webb-Cal) to recover costs incurred and to be incurred by the United States and the State of California in response to releases of hazardous substances at the Jervis Webb Superfund Site in South Gate, California (the ‘‘Site’’). The United States also asserted a claim against the Jervis B. Webb Company (JBW), parent company of Webb-Cal, under the Federal Debt Collections Procedures Act (‘‘FDCPA’’) to recover assets transferred by Webb-Cal to JBW at a time when Webb-Cal was insolvent and indebted to the United States under CERCLA. Under the proposed Consent Decree, JBW will pay $3.45 million to the United States to resolve the claims of the United States. In exchange for this payment, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:05 Jan 18, 2018 Jkt 244001 both JBW and Webb-Cal will receive site-wide covenants not to sue and contribution protection under CERCLA, and JBW will receive a covenant not to sue for fraudulent conveyance under the FDCPA. Under this Consent Decree, California DTSC will receive $50,000 from JBW to resolve its claim under CERCLA against Webb-Cal. 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 and California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Jervis B. Webb Company and Jervis B. Webb Company of California, D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–3–10965. 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 ....... pubcomment-ees.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 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 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 $8.00 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. Henry Friedman, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2018–00822 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act On January 10, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree (‘‘Consent Decree’’) with the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut in the lawsuit PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 entitled United States v. Borough of Naugatuck and Naugatuck Environmental Technologies, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:18-cv-00051-vlbVLBIn a Complaint, the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), alleges that the Borough of Naugatuck, Connecticut (‘‘Naugatuck’’) and Naugatuck Environmental Technologies, LLC (‘‘NET’’) violated the Clean Air Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413, by violating: (1) The Solid Waste Combustion provisions in Section 129 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7429, and (2) the Federal Plan Requirements for Sewage Sludge Incineration Units Constructed on or Before October 14, 2010, 40 CFR part 62, subpart LLL (‘‘Subpart LLL’’). The proposed Consent Decree in this case, among other things, requires that Naugatuck and NET bring the sewage sludge incineration unit located at the Naugatuck wastewater treatment facility into compliance with Subpart LLL, and pay a civil penalty of $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 v. Borough of Naugatuck, CT and Naugatuck Environmental Technologies, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–11589. 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 ....... pubcomment-ees.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 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 $9.50 (25 cents per page E:\FR\FM\19JAN1.SGM 19JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 13 / Friday, January 19, 2018 / Notices reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Sands, Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2018–00833 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board. Notice and request for comments. ACTION: The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, is planning to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), entitled: ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery’’ and identified by OMB Control No. 3124–0015, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). This collection was developed as part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process for seeking feedback from the public on service delivery. MSPB is soliciting comments on this extension, without change, of a previously approved collection set to expire on April 30, 2018. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to the OMB. DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by March 20, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit comments by using only one of the following methods: (1) Email. Submit comments to mspb@mspb.gov. (2) Mail. Submit comments to Jennifer Everling, Acting Clerk of the Board, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20419. (3) Fax. Submit comments to (202) 653–7130. All comments must reference OMB Control No. 3124–0015. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, all submissions will be posted, without change, to MSPB’s website (www.mspb.gov) and will include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:00 Jan 18, 2018 Jkt 244001 Jennifer Everling, Acting Clerk of the Board, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20419; phone: (202) 653–7200; fax: (202) 653–7130; or email: mspb@mspb.gov. You may contact the Office of the Clerk of the Board for copies of the proposed collection of information at: mspb@ mspb.gov. The proposed information collection activity provides a means to obtain qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with MSPB’s commitment to improving service delivery. Qualitative feedback is information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that can be generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between MSPB and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on MSPB’s services will be unavailable. The MSPB will only submit a collection for approval under this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions: • The collections are voluntary; • The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or burden-hours per respondent) and are lowcost for both the respondents and the Federal Government; • The collections are non-controversial and do not raise issues of concern to other Federal agencies; • Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the near future; PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2821 • Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected only to the extent necessary and is not retained; • Information gathered will be used only internally for general service improvement and program management purposes and is not intended for release outside of MSPB; • Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions; and • Information gathered will yield qualitative information; the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the population of study. Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative information will not be used for quantitative information collections that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such data uses require more rigorous designs that address: The target population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results. As a general matter, information collections will not result in any new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private. Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. OMB Number: 3124–0015. Type of Information Collection: Extension, without change, of a currently approved information collection. ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on April 30, 2018. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Abstract of Proposed Collection: This collection is part of a Federal E:\FR\FM\19JAN1.SGM 19JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2820-2821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00833]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On January 10, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree (``Consent Decree'') with the United States District 
Court for the District of Connecticut in the lawsuit entitled United 
States v. Borough of Naugatuck and Naugatuck Environmental 
Technologies, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:18-cv-00051-vlbVLBIn a Complaint, 
the United States, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (``EPA''), alleges that the Borough of Naugatuck, Connecticut 
(``Naugatuck'') and Naugatuck Environmental Technologies, LLC (``NET'') 
violated the Clean Air Act (the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413, by violating: 
(1) The Solid Waste Combustion provisions in Section 129 of the Clean 
Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7429, and (2) the Federal Plan Requirements for 
Sewage Sludge Incineration Units Constructed on or Before October 14, 
2010, 40 CFR part 62, subpart LLL (``Subpart LLL''). The proposed 
Consent Decree in this case, among other things, requires that 
Naugatuck and NET bring the sewage sludge incineration unit located at 
the Naugatuck wastewater treatment facility into compliance with 
Subpart LLL, and pay a civil penalty of $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 v. Borough of Naugatuck, CT and 
Naugatuck Environmental Technologies, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
11589. 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 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 $9.50 (25 cents per page

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reproduction cost), payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-00833 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am]
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