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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act and Oil Pollution Act
On June 3, 2019, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the Western District of
Washington in the lawsuit entitled
United States, State of Washington
through the Washington Department of
Ecology, Suquamish Tribe, and Tulalip
Tribes v. Port of Everett, Civil Action
No. 2:19–cv–00843.
The proposed Consent Decree
resolves claims alleged by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the State of
Washington, the Suquamish Tribe, and
the Tulalip Tribes (‘‘the Port Gardner
Bay Trustees’’) against the Defendant
Port of Everett (‘‘the Port’’) for natural
resource damages caused by discharges
of hazardous substances and oil to the
Port Gardner Bay Area in Everett,
Washington. The settlement requires the
Port to construct and maintain the Blue
Heron Slough Restoration Project,
which will restore 338 acres of intertidal
estuarine and upland habitats in the
lower Snohomish River estuary, and to
resolve its liability by retiring
conservation bank credits equivalent to
approximately 35 acres of the Project.
The Port will also pay a proportionate
share of assessment costs incurred by
the Port Gardner Bay Trustees, totaling
$703,496. The United States, on behalf
of the U.S. Navy, will make a payment
of $789,840 to be used towards
construction of the Project, and pay
assessment costs totaling $135,931. In
exchange for the payment from the Navy
and prior settlement payments from
other parties, the Port will retire
additional conservation bank credits
equivalent to approximately 36
additional acres of the Project. The Port
and the Navy will receive covenants not
to sue under federal statutory law and
state statutory or common law, for
natural resource damages caused by
discharges of hazardous substances and
oil from their facilities (identified in
Appendix B to the Decree) to the Port
Gardner Bay Area.
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, State of Washington
through the Washington Department of
Ecology, Suquamish Tribe, and Tulalip
Tribes v. Port of Everett, D.J. Ref. No.
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90–11–3–10859/1. 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 $47.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury. For a paper copy
without appendices, the cost is $19.00.
Susan Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Fifth
Joint Modification to Consent Decree
Under the Clean Air Act
On May 29, 2019, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed Fifth Joint
Modification To Consent Decree with
the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Ohio in the lawsuit
entitled United States, et al. v.
American Electric Power Service Corp.,
et al., Civil Action Nos. 99–1182 (EAS)
and 99–1250 (EAS).
Under the original Consent Decree,
entered by the Court on December 10,
2007, American Electric Power Service
Corp., et al. (AEP) agreed to
substantially reduce sulfur dioxide
(SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX)
emissions from the AEP Eastern System
that was then comprised of sixteen coalfired power plants. As part of the
original Consent Decree, AEP was
required to install flue gas
desulfurization (FGD) technology to
reduce SO2 on two electric generating
units located at AEP’s Rockport, Indiana
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power plant. The original Consent
Decree required AEP to install FGD
technology on Rockport Unit 1 by
December 31, 2017 and on Rockport
Unit 2 by December 31, 2019. The
Consent Decree’s requirements for
Rockport Unit 1 and Rockport Unit 2
were later modified by the Third Joint
Modification to the Consent Decree that
was entered by the Court on May 14,
2013. Under the Third Joint
Modification to the Consent Decree,
AEP was required to retrofit, refuel, or
re-power one Rockport Unit by
December 31, 2025 and the second
Rockport Unit by December 31, 2028.
Under the proposed Fifth Joint
Modification to Consent Decree, the
deadline for AEP to retrofit, refuel, or repower Rockport Unit 1 is extended until
December 31, 2028 and the requirement
to retrofit, refuel, or re-power Rockport
Unit 2 is removed. In exchange, AEP
agrees to do the following: (1) Install
enhanced dry sorbent injection
technology to reduce SO2 emissions on
Rockport Unit 1 by December 31, 2020
and Rockport Unit 2 by June 1, 2020; (2)
comply with a 30-day rolling average
emission rate of 0.15 pounds of SO2 per
million British thermal units of heat
input at the Rockport Units for years
2021 and beyond; (3) reduce the AEP
Eastern System-wide annual tonnage
limitations for SO2 for years 2021 and
beyond; (4) reduce the Rockport Plantwide annual tonnage limitations for SO2
for years 2021 and beyond; (5) install
selective catalytic reduction NOX
control technology on Rockport Unit 2
by June 1, 2020; (6) comply with a 30day rolling average emission rate of 0.09
pounds of NOX per million British
thermal units of heat input at the
Rockport Units for years 2021 and
beyond; (7) reduce the AEP Eastern
System-wide annual tonnage limitations
for NOX for years 2018 and beyond; (8)
provide the State Co-Plaintiffs with an
additional $4 million in mitigation
funding; (9) provide the Citizen CoPlaintiffs with an additional $3.5
million in mitigation funding; and (10)
retire Rockport Unit 1 by December 31,
2028.
The Department of Justice will
receive, for a period of thirty (30) days
from the date of this publication,
comments relating to the Fifth Joint
Modification to Consent Decree.
Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General for the
Environmental and Natural Resources
Division, and should refer to United
States, et al. v. American Electric Power
Services Corp., D. J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–
06893. All comments must be submitted
no later than thirty days after the
publication date of this notice.
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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
Fifth Joint Modification may be
examined and downloaded at this
Department of Justice website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
Fifth Joint Modification 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 in the amount
of $9.50 (25 cents per page reproduction
cost) payable to the United States
Treasury.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief,
Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment & Natural Resources Division.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 19–CRB–0008–AU (TuneIn,
Inc.)]
Notice of Intent To Audit
Copyright Royalty Board (CRB),
Library of Congress.
ACTION: Public notice.
AGENCY:
The Copyright Royalty Judges
announce receipt of a notice of intent to
audit the 2018 statements of account
submitted by commercial webcaster
TuneIn, Inc. concerning royalty
payments it made pursuant to two
statutory licenses.
ADDRESSES: Docket: For access to the
docket to read background documents,
go to eCRB, the Copyright Royalty
Board’s electronic filing and case
management system, at https://
app.crb.gov/ and search for docket
number 19–CRB–0008–AU (TuneIn,
Inc.).
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SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Blaine, CRB Program Specialist,
by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email
at crb@loc.gov.
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The
Copyright Act, title 17 of the United
States Code, grants to sound recordings
copyright owners the exclusive right to
publicly perform sound recordings by
means of certain digital audio
transmissions, subject to limitations.
Specifically, the performance right is
limited by the statutory license in
section 114, which allows nonexempt
noninteractive digital subscription
services, eligible nonsubscription
services, pre-existing subscription
services, and preexisting satellite digital
audio radio services to perform publicly
sound recordings by means of digital
audio transmissions. 17 U.S.C. 114(f). In
addition, a statutory license in section
112 allows a service to make necessary
ephemeral reproductions to facilitate
the digital transmission of the sound
recording. 17 U.S.C. 112(e).
Licensees may operate under these
licenses provided they pay the royalty
fees and comply with the terms set by
the Copyright Royalty Judges. The rates
and terms for the section 112 and 114
licenses are set forth in 37 CFR parts
380 and 382 through 384.
As part of the terms for these licenses,
the Judges designated SoundExchange,
Inc., as the Collective, i.e., the
organization charged with collecting
royalty payments and statements of
account submitted by eligible licensees
and with distributing royalties to the
copyright owners and performers
entitled to receive them under the
section 112 and 114 licenses. See, e.g.,
37 CFR 380.2(a).
As the Collective, SoundExchange
may, only once a year, conduct an audit
of a licensee for any or all of the prior
three calendar years in order to verify
royalty payments. SoundExchange must
first file with the Judges a notice of
intent to audit a licensee and deliver the
notice to the licensee. See, e.g., 37 CFR
380.6(c).
On May 7, 2019, SoundExchange filed
with the Judges notice of intent to audit
licensee TuneIn, Inc. for their
transmissions terminating in the United
States for the year 2018. The Judges
must publish notice in the Federal
Register within 30 days of receipt of a
notice announcing the Collective’s
intent to conduct an audit. See id. This
notice fulfills this requirement with
respect to SoundExchange’s notice of
intent to audit filed May 7, 2019.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: June 3, 2019.
Jesse M. Feder,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Request: Public Libraries
Survey FY 2019—FY 2021
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
for the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments on
this collection of information.
AGENCY:
The Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to
provide the general public and federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This pre-clearance
consultation program helps to ensure
that requested data can be provided in
the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. The purpose
of this Notice is to solicit comments
concerning the continuance of the
Public Libraries Survey for Fiscal Years
2019—2021. A copy of the proposed
information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
August 6, 2019.
IMLS is particularly interested in
comments that help the agency to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques, or other forms of
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Fifth Joint Modification to Consent
Decree Under the Clean Air Act
On May 29, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Fifth
Joint Modification To Consent Decree with the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United
States, et al. v. American Electric Power Service Corp., et al., Civil
Action Nos. 99-1182 (EAS) and 99-1250 (EAS).
Under the original Consent Decree, entered by the Court on December
10, 2007, American Electric Power Service Corp., et al. (AEP) agreed to
substantially reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen
oxides (NOX) emissions from the AEP Eastern System that was
then comprised of sixteen coal-fired power plants. As part of the
original Consent Decree, AEP was required to install flue gas
desulfurization (FGD) technology to reduce SO2 on two
electric generating units located at AEP's Rockport, Indiana power
plant. The original Consent Decree required AEP to install FGD
technology on Rockport Unit 1 by December 31, 2017 and on Rockport Unit
2 by December 31, 2019. The Consent Decree's requirements for Rockport
Unit 1 and Rockport Unit 2 were later modified by the Third Joint
Modification to the Consent Decree that was entered by the Court on May
14, 2013. Under the Third Joint Modification to the Consent Decree, AEP
was required to retrofit, refuel, or re-power one Rockport Unit by
December 31, 2025 and the second Rockport Unit by December 31, 2028.
Under the proposed Fifth Joint Modification to Consent Decree, the
deadline for AEP to retrofit, refuel, or re-power Rockport Unit 1 is
extended until December 31, 2028 and the requirement to retrofit,
refuel, or re-power Rockport Unit 2 is removed. In exchange, AEP agrees
to do the following: (1) Install enhanced dry sorbent injection
technology to reduce SO2 emissions on Rockport Unit 1 by
December 31, 2020 and Rockport Unit 2 by June 1, 2020; (2) comply with
a 30-day rolling average emission rate of 0.15 pounds of SO2
per million British thermal units of heat input at the Rockport Units
for years 2021 and beyond; (3) reduce the AEP Eastern System-wide
annual tonnage limitations for SO2 for years 2021 and
beyond; (4) reduce the Rockport Plant-wide annual tonnage limitations
for SO2 for years 2021 and beyond; (5) install selective
catalytic reduction NOX control technology on Rockport Unit
2 by June 1, 2020; (6) comply with a 30-day rolling average emission
rate of 0.09 pounds of NOX per million British thermal units
of heat input at the Rockport Units for years 2021 and beyond; (7)
reduce the AEP Eastern System-wide annual tonnage limitations for
NOX for years 2018 and beyond; (8) provide the State Co-
Plaintiffs with an additional $4 million in mitigation funding; (9)
provide the Citizen Co-Plaintiffs with an additional $3.5 million in
mitigation funding; and (10) retire Rockport Unit 1 by December 31,
2028.
The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30)
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the Fifth
Joint Modification to Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to
the Assistant Attorney General for the Environmental and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to United States, et al. v.
American Electric Power Services Corp., D. J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-06893.
All comments must be submitted no later than thirty days after the
publication date of this notice.
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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 Fifth Joint Modification may be
examined and downloaded at this Department of Justice website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the Fifth Joint Modification 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 in the amount of $9.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment & Natural Resources Division.
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