Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 43566-43567 [2021-16892]
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Issued: August 3, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
—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.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives
[OMB Number 1140–NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection of
eComments Requested; New
Information Collection; Authorization
for Release of Information—ATF Form
8620.56
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, Department of
Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
(ATF), Department of Justice (DOJ) will
submit 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for an additional 30
days until September 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
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
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Overview of This Information
Collection
Type of Information Collection: New
collection.
The Title of the Form/Collection:
Authorization for Release of
Information.
The agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
Form number: ATF Form 8620.56.
Component: Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S.
Department of Justice.
Affected public who will be asked or
required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract:
Primary: Individuals or households.
Other: None.
Abstract: The Authorization for
Release of Information—ATF Form
8620.56 will be used to determine if a
candidate complies with personnel
security requirements and is suitable for
Federal or contractor employment at the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives (ATF).
An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: An estimated 2,000
respondents will use the form annually,
and it will take each respondent
approximately 5 minutes to complete
their responses.
An estimate of the total public burden
(in hours) associated with the
collection: The estimated annual public
burden associated with this collection is
167 hours, which is equal to 2,000 (# of
respondents) * .0833333 (5 minutes).
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, Mail Stop
3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: August 3, 2021.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
On August 2, 2021, the Department of
Justice lodged a proposed consent
decree with the United States District
Court for the Western District of
Pennsylvania in the lawsuit entitled
United States and Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Protection v. Libertas Copper, LLC,
d/b/a Hussey Copper, Civil Action No.
2:21–cv–01016–WSS.
This is a civil action brought by the
United States, on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, and
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Department of Environmental Protection
(‘‘PADEP’’), against Defendant Libertas
Copper, LLC, d/b/a Hussey Copper,
alleging violations of the Clean Water
Act, the Pennsylvania Clean Streams
Law, and Defendant’s National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System permit.
The complaint alleges that, between
2011 and the present, Libertas Copper
discharged wastewater and storm water
that caused oil sheens and contained
pollutants—including copper,
chromium, nickel, oil and grease, lead,
pH, total suspended solids, and zinc—
from its Leetsdale, Pennsylvania,
copper-smelting facility to the Ohio
River in violation of federal and state
law.
Under the proposed Consent Decree,
Libertas Copper would be required to
implement significant measures
designed to prevent future violations.
These include the development and
implementation of operational
documents and a maintenance program
designed to ensure effective collection,
pretreatment, and treatment of
wastewater; a third-party environmental
audit; ongoing internal environmental
inspections; violation response
requirements; training; and auditing and
implementation of an environmental
management system. In addition,
Defendant will pay a civil penalty of
$861,500, to be split evenly between the
United States and PADEP.
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 and Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Protection v. Libertas Copper, LLC, d/b/
a Hussey Copper, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–
1–12068. All comments must be
submitted no later than thirty (30) days
after the publication date of this notice.
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Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
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.
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 $15.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Susan Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 50–424 and 50–425; NRC–
2021–0086]
Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc; Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,
Units 1 and 2
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Exemptions; issuance.
AGENCY:
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John
G. Lamb, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–3100, email:
John.Lamb@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has issued
exemptions from certain portions of the
acceptance criteria for emergency core
cooling systems to allow the use of a
risk-informed methodology in lieu of a
deterministic methodology to evaluate
the effects of debris in containment
following a loss-of-coolant accident for
the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,
Units 1 and 2 (Vogtle), located in Burke
County, Georgia. The exemptions are in
response to a request dated August 17,
2020, as supplemented by letters dated
December 17, 2020, and February 15,
2021, from the Southern Nuclear
Operating Company, Inc. (SNC, the
licensee).
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Please refer to Docket ID
NRC–2021–0086 when contacting the
NRC about the availability of
information regarding this document.
You may obtain publicly available
information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2021–0086. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this document.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, please contact
the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
415–4737, or by email to pdr.resource@
nrc.gov. For the convenience of the
reader, instructions about obtaining
materials referenced in this document
are provided in the ‘‘Availability of
Documents’’ section.
• Attention: The PDR, where you may
examine and order copies of public
documents, is currently closed. You
may submit your request to the PDR via
email at pdr.resource@nrc.gov or call 1–
800–397–4209 or 301–415–4737,
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (ET),
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
ADDRESSES:
To submit
comments:
By mail ...........
The exemptions were issued on
July 30, 2021.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
the exemptions is attached.
Dated: August 3, 2021.
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For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John G. Lamb,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch 2–1, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
Attachment—Exemption
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Docket Nos. 50–424 and 50–425
Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant,
Units 1 and 2 Exemptions
I. Background
Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, Inc. (SNC, the licensee) is the
holder of Renewed Facility Operating
License Nos. NPF–68 and NPF–81,
which authorize operation of Vogtle
Electric Generating Plant (Vogtle), Units
1 and 2, respectively. The licenses
provide, among other things, that the
facility is subject to all applicable rules,
regulations, and orders of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC,
the Commission) now or hereafter in
effect. The facility consists of two
pressurized-water reactors (PWRs)
located in Burke County, Georgia.
In 1996, the NRC identified Generic
Safety Issue (GSl)-191 associated with
the effects of debris accumulation on
PWR sump performance during designbasis accidents (Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS) Accession No.
ML030160807). As part of the actions to
resolve GSl-191, the NRC issued Generic
Letter (GL) 2004–02, ‘‘Potential Impact
of Debris Blockage on Emergency
Recirculation during Design Basis
Accidents at Pressurized-Water
Reactors,’’ dated September 13, 2004
(ADAMS Accession No. ML042360586),
to holders of operating licenses for
PWRs. In GL 2004–02, the NRC staff
requested that these licensees perform
an evaluation of the emergency core
cooling system (ECCS) and the
containment spray system (CSS)
recirculation functions considering the
potential for debris-laden coolant to be
circulated by the ECCS and the CSS
after a loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA)
or high-energy line break inside
containment and, if appropriate, take
additional actions to ensure system
function. The GL required that these
licensees provide a written response to
the NRC, pursuant to title 10 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) section
50.54(f), describing the results of their
evaluation and any modifications made,
or planned, to ensure that the ECCS and
the CSS remain functional.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On August 2, 2021, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Western
District of Pennsylvania in the lawsuit entitled United States and
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection v. Libertas Copper,
LLC, d/b/a Hussey Copper, Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-01016-WSS.
This is a civil action brought by the United States, on behalf of
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection (``PADEP''),
against Defendant Libertas Copper, LLC, d/b/a Hussey Copper, alleging
violations of the Clean Water Act, the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law,
and Defendant's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit.
The complaint alleges that, between 2011 and the present, Libertas
Copper discharged wastewater and storm water that caused oil sheens and
contained pollutants--including copper, chromium, nickel, oil and
grease, lead, pH, total suspended solids, and zinc--from its Leetsdale,
Pennsylvania, copper-smelting facility to the Ohio River in violation
of federal and state law.
Under the proposed Consent Decree, Libertas Copper would be
required to implement significant measures designed to prevent future
violations. These include the development and implementation of
operational documents and a maintenance program designed to ensure
effective collection, pretreatment, and treatment of wastewater; a
third-party environmental audit; ongoing internal environmental
inspections; violation response requirements; training; and auditing
and implementation of an environmental management system. In addition,
Defendant will pay a civil penalty of $861,500, to be split evenly
between the United States and PADEP.
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 and Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection v. Libertas Copper, LLC, d/b/a Hussey Copper,
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-1-1-12068. All comments must be submitted no later
than thirty (30) 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 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 $15.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Susan Akers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
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