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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On January 25, 2018, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the Northern District of
Indiana in the lawsuit entitled United
States and State of Indiana v. Indiana
Harbor Coke Company, et al., Civil
Action No. 18–cv–35.
The Complaint seeks civil penalties
and injunctive relief for alleged
violations of the Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’)
and Title 326 of the Indiana
Administrative Code against Indiana
Harbor Coke Company, its corporate
parent SunCoke Energy, Inc., and
Cokenergy, LLC (collectively, the
‘‘Defendants’’), the owners and/or
operators of the coking facility, located
in East Chicago, Indiana. The Complaint
alleges violations of the CAA and Title
326 of the Indiana Administrative Code
relating primarily to excess emissions of
coke oven gases from leaking coke ovens
and bypass vent stacks.
Under the proposed Consent Decree,
Defendants would be jointly and
severally liable for a $5 million civil
penalty, to be split evenly between the
United States and Indiana, and
Cokenergy would perform a lead
abatement supplemental environmental
project at a cost of $250,000. The
proposed Consent Decree also would
require comprehensive coke oven
rebuilds to address oven leaks,
including potential permanent shut
down of an entire battery, representing
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one fourth of the total number of ovens;
interim and permanent reductions in
the annual bypass venting permit limit;
enhanced monitoring and testing
requirements, including solar
occultation flux testing; implementation
of preventive operations and
maintenance plans to minimize
conditions that might cause excess
emissions; root cause failure analyses
for bypass venting incidents and
repeated coke oven leaks; and two
mitigation measures, dual operation of
the spray dryer absorbers to achieve a
reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions
from the facility and maintenance of
two quench towers to achieve a
reduction in particulate matter
emissions.
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 State of Indiana v.
Indiana Harbor Coke Company, et al.,
D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–08555/1. 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,
D.C. 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 $12.40 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting 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 January 25, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Indiana in the lawsuit entitled United States and State of
Indiana v. Indiana Harbor Coke Company, et al., Civil Action No. 18-cv-
35.
The Complaint seeks civil penalties and injunctive relief for
alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (``CAA'') and Title 326 of the
Indiana Administrative Code against Indiana Harbor Coke Company, its
corporate parent SunCoke Energy, Inc., and Cokenergy, LLC
(collectively, the ``Defendants''), the owners and/or operators of the
coking facility, located in East Chicago, Indiana. The Complaint
alleges violations of the CAA and Title 326 of the Indiana
Administrative Code relating primarily to excess emissions of coke oven
gases from leaking coke ovens and bypass vent stacks.
Under the proposed Consent Decree, Defendants would be jointly and
severally liable for a $5 million civil penalty, to be split evenly
between the United States and Indiana, and Cokenergy would perform a
lead abatement supplemental environmental project at a cost of
$250,000. The proposed Consent Decree also would require comprehensive
coke oven rebuilds to address oven leaks, including potential permanent
shut down of an entire battery, representing one fourth of the total
number of ovens; interim and permanent reductions in the annual bypass
venting permit limit; enhanced monitoring and testing requirements,
including solar occultation flux testing; implementation of preventive
operations and maintenance plans to minimize conditions that might
cause excess emissions; root cause failure analyses for bypass venting
incidents and repeated coke oven leaks; and two mitigation measures,
dual operation of the spray dryer absorbers to achieve a reduction in
sulfur dioxide emissions from the facility and maintenance of two
quench towers to achieve a reduction in particulate matter emissions.
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 State of Indiana v. Indiana Harbor
Coke Company, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-08555/1. 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, D.C. 20044-7611.
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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 $12.40 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
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