Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, 70194 [2020-24482]
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act, the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act, and the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-To-Know Act
On October 28, 2020, the Department
of Justice filed a complaint and lodged
a proposed Consent Decree with the
United States District Court for the
District of Arizona (‘‘Court’’) in the
matter of United States of America v.
Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc., Civil
Action No. 4:20–cv–00463–BGM (D.
Ariz.).
The proposed Consent Decree
resolves certain claims brought under
Sections 112(r)(1) and 112(r)(7) of the
Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’), 42 U.S.C.
7412(r)(1), (r)(7); Section 103 of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9603; and
Section 304 of the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act
(‘‘EPCRA’’), 42 U.S.C. 11004, at the
chemical manufacturing facility that
Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc.
(‘‘Apache Nitrogen’’) owns and operates
in Cochise County, Arizona. The claims
alleged in the complaint and resolved in
the proposed Consent Decree concern
Apache Nitrogen’s prevention and
mitigation of accidental chemical
releases. The Consent Decree requires
Apache Nitrogen to perform safety
improvements at its Cochise County,
Arizona facility, including making
improvements to Apache Nitrogen’s
preventive maintenance tracking
system, conducting an audit of its
process safety culture, and upgrading its
emergency response plan to include
installation of an anhydrous ammonia
monitoring system and enhanced public
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notification. The Consent Decree also
documents that the company has
replaced or upgraded equipment to
improve accident prevention. The
Consent Decree requires Apache
Nitrogen to pay a civil penalty of
$1,500,000 to the United States.
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 of America v. Apache
Nitrogen Products, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90–
5–2–1–10736/1. 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, 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.usdoj.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 $15.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
On October 29, 2020, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Consent
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Court for the District of Colorado in the
lawsuit entitled United States of
America, the State of Colorado, the
Lower Arkansas Valley Water
Conservancy District, and the Board of
County Commissioners in the County of
Pueblo v. the City of Colorado Springs,
Colorado, Civil Action No. 1:16–cv–
02745–JLK.
The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief
and civil penalties for violations of the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(b) and
(d), based on the City’s violations of the
terms and conditions of its National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(‘‘NPDES’’) permit issued by the State of
Colorado under Section 402(b) of the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1342(b), for
discharges of stormwater from the City’s
municipal separate storm sewer system,
as well as for violations of the Colorado
Water Quality Control Act, §§ 25–8–101
et seq. C.R.S.
The proposed Consent Decree
resolves all litigation in this action. The
proposed Consent Decree requires the
City of Colorado Springs to implement
city-wide injunctive relief to comply
with its NPDES permit, perform $11
million of mitigation to offset the
environmental harm caused by its
alleged violations, and pay the United
States a $1 million civil penalty. In
addition, in lieu of receiving a civil
penalty payment, the State of Colorado
agrees that the City shall satisfy the
State civil penalty through performance
of a State approved supplemental
environmental project valued at $1
million, to be performed by Intervenor
Plaintiff the Lower Arkansas Valley
Water Conservancy District.
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. the City of
Colorado Springs, Colorado, Civil
Action No. 1:16–cv–02745–JLK, DOJ
number 90–5–1–1–11293. All comments
must be submitted no later than 30 days
after the publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know
Act
On October 28, 2020, the Department of Justice filed a complaint
and lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District
Court for the District of Arizona (``Court'') in the matter of United
States of America v. Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc., Civil Action No.
4:20-cv-00463-BGM (D. Ariz.).
The proposed Consent Decree resolves certain claims brought under
Sections 112(r)(1) and 112(r)(7) of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42
U.S.C. 7412(r)(1), (r)(7); Section 103 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (``CERCLA''),
42 U.S.C. 9603; and Section 304 of the Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (``EPCRA''), 42 U.S.C. 11004, at the chemical
manufacturing facility that Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc. (``Apache
Nitrogen'') owns and operates in Cochise County, Arizona. The claims
alleged in the complaint and resolved in the proposed Consent Decree
concern Apache Nitrogen's prevention and mitigation of accidental
chemical releases. The Consent Decree requires Apache Nitrogen to
perform safety improvements at its Cochise County, Arizona facility,
including making improvements to Apache Nitrogen's preventive
maintenance tracking system, conducting an audit of its process safety
culture, and upgrading its emergency response plan to include
installation of an anhydrous ammonia monitoring system and enhanced
public notification. The Consent Decree also documents that the company
has replaced or upgraded equipment to improve accident prevention. The
Consent Decree requires Apache Nitrogen to pay a civil penalty of
$1,500,000 to the United States.
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 of America v. Apache Nitrogen Products,
Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-10736/1. 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, 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. 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 $15.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Lori Jonas,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-24482 Filed 11-3-20; 8:45 am]
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