Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 43566-43567 [2021-16892]

Download as PDF 43566 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 150 / Monday, August 9, 2021 / Notices 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. [FR Doc. 2021–16897 Filed 8–6–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 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 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Aug 06, 2021 Jkt 253001 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. [FR Doc. 2021–16876 Filed 8–6–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–14–P PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. E:\FR\FM\09AUN1.SGM 09AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 150 / Monday, August 9, 2021 / Notices 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. [FR Doc. 2021–16892 Filed 8–6–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 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: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 17:26 Aug 06, 2021 Jkt 253001 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). SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 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. PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The text of 43567 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. E:\FR\FM\09AUN1.SGM 09AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 150 (Monday, August 9, 2021)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16892]


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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.
[FR Doc. 2021-16892 Filed 8-6-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410-15-P

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