Notice of Extension to Public Comment Period for Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 4104 [2019-02353]

Download as PDF 4104 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 31 / Thursday, February 14, 2019 / Notices notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Veolia Water Belgium, Brussels, BELGIUM, has withdrawn as a party to this venture. No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open, and PERF intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership. On February 10, 1986, PERF filed its original notification pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on March 14, 1986 (51 FR 8903). The last notification was filed with the Department on May 31, 2018. A notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act on July 9, 2018 (83 FR 31775). Suzanne Morris, Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division. of $600,000, implement three Supplemental Environmental Projects valued at $1.8 million and implement a mitigation project valued at $2.9 million to resolve the governments’ claims. Notice of the lodging of the proposed Consent Decree was originally published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2018. See 83 FR 65363 (Dec. 20, 2018). The publication of the original notice opened a thirty (30) day period for public comment on the Consent Decree that ended on January 22, 2019. The publication of the current notice extends the period for public comment on the Consent Decree to February 28, 2019. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to Georgia Pacific Chemicals LLC, Georgia Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, Case No. 1:18–cv–01076–SOH, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5– 2–1–11705. All comments must be submitted no later than February 28, 2019. 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. [FR Doc. 2019–02302 Filed 2–13–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–11–P By mail ......... DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Extension to Public Comment Period for Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act On December 14, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas in the lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v. Georgia Pacific Chemicals LLC, Georgia Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, Case No. 1:18–cv–01076–SOH. The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States’ and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality’s (‘‘ADEQ’’) claims under Sections 113(b)(2) and 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(b)(2) and 7412(r), as well as Arkansas Code Annotated §§ 8–4–103 et seq., that Settling Defendants violated the New Source Performance Standards, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants and the Chemical and Accident Prevention Provisions for Air Programs at their chemical and paper/pulp plants located in Crossett, Arkansas. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Settling Defendants have agreed to pay a penalty VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Feb 13, 2019 Jkt 247001 During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https:// www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_ Decrees.html. 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 $13.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. Thomas Carroll, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2019–02353 Filed 2–13–19; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act On February 8, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in the lawsuit entitled United States et al. v. Drummond Company, Inc. d/b/a ABC Coke (Drummond), Civil Action No. 2:19–cv–00240–AKK. The United States is joined in this matter by its co-plaintiff the Jefferson County Board of Health (JCBH). This case relates to alleged releases of benzene from Drummond’s coke byproduct recovery plant in Tarrant, Alabama (Facility). The case involves claims for civil penalties and injunctive relief under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq., and its implementing regulations known as National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs), including 40 CFR part 61, subpart L (Benzene Emissions from Coke By-product Recovery Plants), Subpart V (Equipment Leaks and Fugitive Emissions), and Subpart FF (Benzene Waste Operations), as well as related claims under laws promulgated by the Jefferson County Board of Health. The settlement resolves the alleged claims by requiring Drummond to, among other things: (1) Pay a civil penalty of $775,000 for the past alleged violations to be split equally between the United States and JCBH; (2) undertake fixes to the Facility to address the alleged violations; (3) implement a leak detection and repair program to ensure compliance and reduce potential future fugitive benzene emissions; and (4) implement a supplemental environmental project of two years of semi-annual use of an infrared camera as part of leak detection efforts at a cost of $16,000. 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 et al. v. Drummond Company, Inc. d/b/a ABC Coke, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–10717. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. 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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 4104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02353]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Extension to Public Comment Period for Consent Decree 
Under the Clean Air Act

    On December 14, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Arkansas in the lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v. 
Georgia Pacific Chemicals LLC, Georgia Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, 
Case No. 1:18-cv-01076-SOH.
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves the United States' and the 
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality's (``ADEQ'') claims under 
Sections 113(b)(2) and 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 
7413(b)(2) and 7412(r), as well as Arkansas Code Annotated Sec. Sec.  
8-4-103 et seq., that Settling Defendants violated the New Source 
Performance Standards, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants and the Chemical and Accident Prevention Provisions for Air 
Programs at their chemical and paper/pulp plants located in Crossett, 
Arkansas. Under the proposed Consent Decree, Settling Defendants have 
agreed to pay a penalty of $600,000, implement three Supplemental 
Environmental Projects valued at $1.8 million and implement a 
mitigation project valued at $2.9 million to resolve the governments' 
claims.
    Notice of the lodging of the proposed Consent Decree was originally 
published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2018. See 83 FR 65363 
(Dec. 20, 2018). The publication of the original notice opened a thirty 
(30) day period for public comment on the Consent Decree that ended on 
January 22, 2019. The publication of the current notice extends the 
period for public comment on the Consent Decree to February 28, 2019.
    Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to Georgia 
Pacific Chemicals LLC, Georgia Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, Case 
No. 1:18-cv-01076-SOH, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-11705. All comments must 
be submitted no later than February 28, 2019. 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 Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department website: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 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 $13.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-02353 Filed 2-13-19; 8:45 am]
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