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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Amendment Under
The Clean Air Act
On April 13, 2021, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed Fourth
Consent Decree Amendment Concerning
ExxonMobil’s Joliet Refinery (the
‘‘Fourth Decree Amendment’’) with the
United States District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois in the
lawsuit entitled United States v. Exxon
Mobil Corp., Case No. 05 C 5809.
In 2005, the United States and the
states of Illinois, Louisiana, and
Montana filed a Complaint in this
lawsuit seeking civil penalties and
injunctive relief from Defendants Exxon
Mobil Corporation and ExxonMobil Oil
Corporation (‘‘ExxonMobil’’). The
Complaint alleged violations of the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q,
and several other environmental statutes
at ExxonMobil’s six domestic petroleum
refineries, including ExxonMobil’s
refinery in Joliet, Illinois (the ‘‘Joliet
Refinery’’). When the Complaint was
filed, the United States also lodged a
proposed Consent Decree containing the
terms of a proposed settlement, which
included requirements that ExxonMobil
pay $7.7 million in civil penalties and
make an array of improvements to its
refineries’ pollution control equipment
and environmental compliance
programs. The Court approved and
entered that proposed Consent Decree
after a public comment period. The
2005 Consent Decree and three
subsequent amendments (collectively
referred to here as the ‘‘Original Consent
Decree’’) are posted on this EPA
website: https://www.epa.gov/
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enforcement/exxonmobil-refinerysettlement.
ExxonMobil paid the civil penalties
required by the Original Consent Decree
and has satisfied most requirements of
the Original Consent Decree for the
Joliet Refinery. However, the United
States contends that ExxonMobil has
violated some requirements of the
Original Consent Decree that apply to
the Joliet Refinery. The United States
also contends that ExxonMobil has
violated some other Clean Air Act
requirements applicable to the Joliet
Refinery. Furthermore, the United States
contends that those violations of the
Original Consent Decree and the Clean
Air Act support claims for stipulated
penalties, statutory civil penalties, and
additional injunctive relief.
The proposed Fourth Decree
Amendment would make material
changes to the Original Consent Decree,
but only as it applies to ExxonMobil’s
Joliet Refinery. The Fourth Decree
Amendment would replace the Original
Consent Decree’s requirement for the
Joliet Refinery with more targeted
requirements addressing ExxonMobil’s
recent alleged failings. Among other
things, the proposed Fourth Decree
Amendment would require that
ExxonMobil: (i) Accept and comply
with more stringent air pollutant
emission limits for one major process
unit at the Joliet Refinery, called the
fluid catalytic cracking unit; (ii)
improve the capture and control of
emissions from sulfur accumulation pits
that are part of another major process
unit at the Refinery, called the sulfur
recovery plant; (iii) implement an
enhanced compliance program to
identify and reduce outages and
downtime in continuous emissions
monitoring systems that measure air
pollutant emissions from various
sources at the Refinery; (iv) complete a
customized leak detection and repair
enhanced compliance program using a
high technology optical gas imaging
camera, to help identify and address
hydrocarbon leaks from particular types
of equipment at the Refinery; and (v)
pay the United States and Illinois a total
of $1,515,463 in settlement of claims for
alleged stipulated penalties under the
Original Consent Decree and civil
penalties under the Clean Air Act and
corresponding Illinois law. The Fourth
Decree Amendment would not alter the
requirements applicable to the other five
refineries covered by the Original
Consent Decree with ExxonMobil.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Fourth Decree Amendment.
Comments should be addressed to the
Acting Assistant Attorney General,
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Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and should refer to United
States v. Exxon Mobil Corp., D.J. Ref.
No. 90–5–2–1–07030/6. 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 .......
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usdoj.gov.
Acting Assistant Attorney
General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD,
P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the proposed Fourth Decree
Amendment 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 Fourth Decree Amendment
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 $21.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Susan M. Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Request for Public
Comment
Employee Benefits Security
Administration (EBSA), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor (the
Department), in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA
95), provides the general public and
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and continuing
collections of information. This helps
the Department assess the impact of its
information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the
public and helps the public understand
the Department’s information collection
SUMMARY:
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requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. Currently,
the EBSA is soliciting comments on
Mental Health and Substance Use
Disorder Parity Implementation and the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2021 Part 45. A copy of the information
collection request (ICR) may be obtained
by contacting the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Written comments must be
submitted to the office shown in the
ADDRESSES section on or before June 21,
2021.
DATES:
Please direct all written
comments regarding the information
collection request and burden estimates
to James Butikofer, Office of Regulations
and Interpretations, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room N–5647,
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone:
(202) 693–8410; Fax: (202) 219–4745.
These are not toll-free numbers.
Comments may also be submitted
electronically to the following internet
email address: ebsa.opr@dol.gov.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Consolidated Appropriations Act
(the Act) was signed on December 27,
2020. The Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and the Treasury
share interpretive jurisdiction of the
Mental Health Parity and Addiction
Equity Act (MHPAEA) and have split
enforcement jurisdictions. The
Department of Labor is responsible for
enforcing MHPAEA with respect to
private employer-sponsored group
health plans. The Act amended
MHPAEA, in part, by expressly
requiring group health plans to perform
and document a comparative analysis of
the design and application of any nonquantitative treatment limitations
(NQTLs) that apply to medical/surgical
and mental health and substance use
disorder benefits. As of 45 days after the
date of enactment of the Act (February
10, 2021), group health plans must make
their comparative analyses and related
information available to the Department,
upon request. The Act also provides that
the Department shall request
comparative analyses from plans that
involve a potential violation of
MHPAEA, or upon receipt of complaints
regarding noncompliance with
MHPAEA, and any other instances in
which the Department determines
appropriate. The Department must also
issue an annual report to Congress
regarding findings of compliance and
noncompliance.
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The Department, jointly with the
Departments of Health and Human
Services and the Treasury, issued FAQs
about MHPAEA part 45 to provide
guidance on how group health plans
should prepare comparative analyses of
NQTLs in order to avoid a
determination of noncompliance. In
particular, these FAQs clarify what the
analyses must include to be sufficiently
specific and detailed. These FAQs also
clarify how the Department will
evaluate comparative analyses in the
course of an investigation, and what
steps the Department will take if the
plan is found to be noncompliant.
On April 2, 2021, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approved the information collection
request (OMB Control Number 1210–
0138 under the emergency procedures
for review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35) and 5 CFR 1320.13. The approval is
scheduled to expire on September 31,
2021.
II. Current Actions
This notice requests public comment
pertaining to the Department’s request
for extension of OMB’s approval of the
Application. After considering
comments received in response to this
notice, the Department intends to
submit an ICR to OMB for continuing
approval. No change to the existing ICR
is proposed or made at this time. The
Department notes that an agency may
not conduct or sponsor, and a person is
not required to respond to, an
information collection unless it displays
a valid OMB control number. A
summary of the ICR and the current
burden estimates follows:
Agency: Employee Benefits Security
Administration, Department of Labor.
Title: Mental Health and Substance
Use Disorder Parity Implementation and
the Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2021 Part 45.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Number: 1210–0138.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit;
Not-for-profit institutions.
Respondents: 1,413,420.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Responses: 1,413,420.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
3,046,961.
Estimated Total Burden Cost
(Operating and Maintenance):
$3,994,517.
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III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• 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 information technology,
e.g., by permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the ICR for OMB approval
of the extension of the information
collection; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: April 16, 2021.
Ali Khawar,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, Department of
Labor.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Hazardous
Energy Control Standard (Lockout/
Tagout)
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
ACTION:
The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before May 24, 2021.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Public
Comment
AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the Department), in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed
and continuing collections of information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information collection requirements and
minimize the reporting burden on the public and helps the public
understand the Department's information collection
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requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.
Currently, the EBSA is soliciting comments on Mental Health and
Substance Use Disorder Parity Implementation and the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2021 Part 45. A copy of the information
collection request (ICR) may be obtained by contacting the office
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office shown in the
ADDRESSES section on or before June 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Please direct all written comments regarding the information
collection request and burden estimates to James Butikofer, Office of
Regulations and Interpretations, Employee Benefits Security
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,
Room N-5647, Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-8410; Fax:
(202) 219-4745. These are not toll-free numbers. Comments may also be
submitted electronically to the following internet email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (the Act) was signed on
December 27, 2020. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and the Treasury share interpretive jurisdiction of the Mental Health
Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and have split enforcement
jurisdictions. The Department of Labor is responsible for enforcing
MHPAEA with respect to private employer-sponsored group health plans.
The Act amended MHPAEA, in part, by expressly requiring group health
plans to perform and document a comparative analysis of the design and
application of any non-quantitative treatment limitations (NQTLs) that
apply to medical/surgical and mental health and substance use disorder
benefits. As of 45 days after the date of enactment of the Act
(February 10, 2021), group health plans must make their comparative
analyses and related information available to the Department, upon
request. The Act also provides that the Department shall request
comparative analyses from plans that involve a potential violation of
MHPAEA, or upon receipt of complaints regarding noncompliance with
MHPAEA, and any other instances in which the Department determines
appropriate. The Department must also issue an annual report to
Congress regarding findings of compliance and noncompliance.
The Department, jointly with the Departments of Health and Human
Services and the Treasury, issued FAQs about MHPAEA part 45 to provide
guidance on how group health plans should prepare comparative analyses
of NQTLs in order to avoid a determination of noncompliance. In
particular, these FAQs clarify what the analyses must include to be
sufficiently specific and detailed. These FAQs also clarify how the
Department will evaluate comparative analyses in the course of an
investigation, and what steps the Department will take if the plan is
found to be noncompliant.
On April 2, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approved the information collection request (OMB Control Number 1210-
0138 under the emergency procedures for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44
U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 1320.13. The approval is scheduled to
expire on September 31, 2021.
II. Current Actions
This notice requests public comment pertaining to the Department's
request for extension of OMB's approval of the Application. After
considering comments received in response to this notice, the
Department intends to submit an ICR to OMB for continuing approval. No
change to the existing ICR is proposed or made at this time. The
Department notes that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, an information collection unless
it displays a valid OMB control number. A summary of the ICR and the
current burden estimates follows:
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of
Labor.
Title: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity
Implementation and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 Part 45.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection of
information.
OMB Number: 1210-0138.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Respondents: 1,413,420.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Responses: 1,413,420.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,046,961.
Estimated Total Burden Cost (Operating and Maintenance):
$3,994,517.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
that:
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 information technology, e.g., by
permitting electronic submissions of responses.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the ICR for OMB approval of the extension of the
information collection; they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: April 16, 2021.
Ali Khawar,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration,
Department of Labor.
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