Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean Water Act, 71099-71100 [2020-24769]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 216 / Friday, November 6, 2020 / Notices the proposed collection of information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following four points: —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; —Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced; 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 information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Overview of This Information Collection 1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved collection. 2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Number of Full-time Law Enforcement Employees as of October 31. 3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: The form number is: 1–711. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the Criminal Justice Information Services Division, in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Federal, state, county, city, and tribal law enforcement agencies. Abstract: Under Title 34, United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 41303 and 28 U.S.C § 534, this collection requests the number of full- and part-time law enforcement employees by race/ ethnicity for both officers and civilians, from federal, state, county, city, and tribal law enforcement agencies in order for the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting Program to serve as the national clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of police employee data and to publish these statistics in Crime in the United States. 5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: There are approximately VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:00 Nov 05, 2020 Jkt 253001 18,667 law enforcement agency respondents that submit once a year for a total of 18,667 responses with an estimated response time of eight minutes per response. 6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There are approximately 2,489 hours, annual burden, associated with this information collection. 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: November 3, 2020. Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2020–24755 Filed 11–5–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–02–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean Water Act On November 2, 2020, 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 and Alabama Department of Environmental Management v. Kronospan, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:20– cv–01720—ACA. The Complaint alleges violations of the pretreatment regulations under the Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’) at Kronospan’s wood processing facility in Eastaboga, Calhoun County Alabama. The State of Alabama, Department of Environmental Management (‘‘ADEM’’) is a co-plaintiff in the civil action, alleging violations of the Alabama Water Pollution Control Act. The proposed Consent Decree requires the defendant to perform injunctive relief and pay a $900,000 civil penalty which will be split evenly between the United States and ADEM. In addition, the defendant will perform a project to install an evaporation system to reduce the frequency and total annual volume of process wastewater currently being treated by the Facility’s pretreatment system and discharged to the publicly owned treatment works. The cost of the project is about $7.7 million. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 71099 Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States and Alabama Department of Environmental Management v. Kronospan, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–10934. 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 $45.50 (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. 2020–24748 Filed 11–5–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean Water Act On November 2, 2020, the Department of Justice filed a Complaint and concurrently lodged a proposed consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in the lawsuit entitled United States of America, the State of West Virginia, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Koppers Inc., Civil Action No. 5:20–cv–236. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, the Pennsylvania Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act, and the West Virginia Above Ground Storage Tank Act, at facilities currently or formerly owned and operated by Koppers Inc. in E:\FR\FM\06NON1.SGM 06NON1 71100 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 216 / Friday, November 6, 2020 / Notices Clairton, Pennsylvania, Green Spring, West Virginia, and Follansbee, West Virginia. The alleged violations relate to failures to adhere to precautionary requirements designed to prevent or contain discharges of oil into navigable waters, such as testing of oil storage tanks and ensuring facilities had adequate measures in place for containing discharges of oil. The proposed Consent Decree requires Koppers Inc. to conduct integrity testing on the two noncompliant tanks at its only owned and operated facility in Follansbee, West Virginia and to update its regulatory plans as necessary. The proposed Consent Decree also requires Koppers Inc. to pay civil penalties in the amount of $800,000 to the United States; $175,000 to WVDEP; and $24,500 to PA DEP. 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. Koppers Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–11701. 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 $10.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. Jeffrey Sands, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2020–24769 Filed 11–5–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:00 Nov 05, 2020 Jkt 253001 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [OMB Number 1125–0013] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Request by Organization for Accreditation or Renewal of Accreditation of Non-Attorney Representative (Form EOIR–31A) Executive Office for Immigration Review, Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection request was previously published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, allowing a 30-day comment period. The proposed information collection request is currently under review for additional edits, and the agency will publish a new 30-day notice for public commenting in place of the previous publication. If additional information is required, please contact Lauren Alder Reid, Assistant Director, Office of Policy, Executive Office for Immigration Review, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 2500, Falls Church, VA 22041, telephone: (703) 305–0289. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dated: November 3, 2020. Melody D. Braswell, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2020–24747 Filed 11–5–20; 8:45 am] • Iowa’s 13-week insured unemployment rate (IUR) for the week ending October 10, 2020, was 4.73 percent, falling below the 5.00 percent threshold necessary to remain ‘‘on’’ EB. Therefore, the EB period for Iowa will end on October 31, 2020. The state will remain in an ‘‘off’’ period for a minimum of 13 weeks. Information for Claimants The duration of benefits payable in the EB Program, and the terms and conditions on which they are payable, are governed by the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970, as amended, and the operating instructions issued to the state by the U.S. Department of Labor. In the case of a state ending an EB period, the State Workforce Agency will furnish a written notice to each individual who is currently filing claims for EB of the forthcoming termination of the EB period and its effect on the individual’s right to EB (20 CFR 615.13 (c)). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance Room S– 4524, Attn: Thomas Stengle, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693– 2991 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email: Stengle.Thomas@dol.gov. Signed in Washington, DC. John Pallasch, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training. [FR Doc. 2020–24651 Filed 11–5–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration BILLING CODE 4410–30–P Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Program for Arkansas DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration, Labor. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration Notice of a Change in Status of an Extended Benefit (EB) Program for Iowa Employment and Training Administration, Labor. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility under the EB program for Iowa. The following change has occurred since the publication of the last notice regarding the Iowa’s EB status: PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 This notice announces a change in benefit period eligibility under the EB program for Arkansas. The following change has occurred since the publication of the last notice regarding the Arkansas’ EB status: • Arkansas’ 13-week insured unemployment rate (IUR) for the week ending September 26, 2020, was 4.99 percent, falling below the 5.00 percent threshold necessary to remain ‘‘on’’ EB. Therefore, the EB period for Arkansas ended on October 17, 2020. The state E:\FR\FM\06NON1.SGM 06NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 216 (Friday, November 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71099-71100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24769]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean 
Water Act

    On November 2, 2020, the Department of Justice filed a Complaint 
and concurrently lodged a proposed consent decree with the United 
States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in the 
lawsuit entitled United States of America, the State of West Virginia, 
and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Koppers Inc., Civil Action No. 
5:20-cv-236.
    The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties for alleged 
violations of the Clean Water Act, the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, 
the Pennsylvania Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act, and the West 
Virginia Above Ground Storage Tank Act, at facilities currently or 
formerly owned and operated by Koppers Inc. in

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Clairton, Pennsylvania, Green Spring, West Virginia, and Follansbee, 
West Virginia. The alleged violations relate to failures to adhere to 
precautionary requirements designed to prevent or contain discharges of 
oil into navigable waters, such as testing of oil storage tanks and 
ensuring facilities had adequate measures in place for containing 
discharges of oil.
    The proposed Consent Decree requires Koppers Inc. to conduct 
integrity testing on the two noncompliant tanks at its only owned and 
operated facility in Follansbee, West Virginia and to update its 
regulatory plans as necessary. The proposed Consent Decree also 
requires Koppers Inc. to pay civil penalties in the amount of $800,000 
to the United States; $175,000 to WVDEP; and $24,500 to PA DEP.
    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. Koppers Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-5-1-1-11701. 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.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 $10.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-24769 Filed 11-5-20; 8:45 am]
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