Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act, 7705-7706 [2025-01481]
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Responses to the complaint and the
notice of investigation must be
submitted by the named respondents in
accordance with section 210.13 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to
19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as
amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19,
2020), such responses will be
considered by the Commission if
received not later than 20 days after the
date of service by the complainant of the
complaint, as supplemented, and the
notice of investigation. Extensions of
time for submitting responses to the
complaint and the notice of
investigation will not be granted unless
good cause therefor is shown.
Failure of a respondent to file a timely
response to each allegation in the
complaint and in this notice may be
deemed to constitute a waiver of the
right to appear and contest the
allegations of the complaint, as
supplemented, and this notice, and to
authorize the administrative law judge
and the Commission, without further
notice to the respondent, to find the
facts to be as alleged in the complaint,
as supplemented, and this notice and to
enter an initial determination and a
final determination containing such
findings, and may result in the issuance
of an exclusion order or a cease and
desist order or both directed against the
respondent.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 16, 2025.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1103–0098]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; COPS
Community Policing Advancement
Performance Report
Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The office of Community
Oriented Policing Services, Department
of Justice (DOJ), 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.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 30 days until
February 21, 2025.
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If
you have comments especially on the
estimated public burden or associated
response time, suggestions, or need a
copy of the proposed information
collection instrument with instructions
or additional information, please
contact: Dave Neely, Department of
Justice, Office of Community Policing
Services, 145 N St. NE, Washington, DC
20530, (202) 514–8553.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on November 12, 2024, 89 FR
89044, allowing a 60-day comment
period. 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;
—Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and/or
—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.
Written comments and
recommendations for this information
collection should be submitted within
30 days of the publication of this notice
on the following website
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 and entering either the title of
the information collection or the OMB
Control Number 1123–0NEW. This
information collection request may be
viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to view Department of
Justice, information collections
currently under review by OMB.
DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
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without renewal. The DOJ notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Overview of This Information
Collection
1. Type of Information Collection:
New request.
2. Title of the Form/Collection: COPS
Community Policing Advancement
Performance Report.
3. Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection: 1103–0NEW, Department of
Justice, Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Affected Public: Law
Enforcement Agencies. Abstract: The
COPS Community Policing
Advancement Performance Report is a
tool used by law enforcement agencies
who receive COPS grant funding.
5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
6. Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 5,000.
7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 11
hours to review the instructions and
complete the application.
8. Frequency: Annually.
9. Total Estimated Annual Time
Burden: 55,000 total annual burden
hours associated with this collection.
10. Total Estimated Annual Other
Costs Burden: $0.
11. If additional information is
required, contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy
and Planning Staff, Justice Management
Division, United States Department of
Justice, Two Constitution Square, 145 N
Street NE, 4W–218, Washington, DC
20530.
Dated: January 15, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
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 Air
Act
On January 15, 2025, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of
Michigan in United States v. Hino
Motors, Ltd., Hino Motors
Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc., and Hino
Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., (‘‘Defendants’’)
Civil Action No. 2:25–cv–10144.
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The United States, on behalf of the
Environmental Protection Agency
(‘‘EPA’’), filed a Complaint in this
lawsuit seeking civil penalties and
injunctive relief from Defendants for
alleged violations of title II of the Clean
Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7521–
7590, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, which aim to protect human
health and the environment by reducing
emissions of nitrogen oxides (‘‘NOX’’)
and other pollutants from mobile
sources of air pollution, including new
engines for motor vehicles and nonroad
equipment. The State of California has
filed a separate Complaint alleging
corresponding claims for civil penalties
and injunctive relief against Defendants
under the Clean Air Act’s citizen suit
provisions, 42 U.S.C. 7404(a)(1), and
California laws and regulations.
When the United States’ Complaint
was filed, the United States also lodged
a proposed Consent Decree among the
United States on behalf of EPA, the
People of the State of California on
behalf of the the California Air
Resources Board, and Defendants (the
‘‘Joint Consent Decree’’). If approved by
the Court, the Joint Consent Decree
would resolve the claims against
Defendants in the United States’
Complaint on behalf of EPA, as well as
related claims by U.S. Customs and
Border Patrol and the National Highway
Transportation and Safety
Administration. The Joint Consent
Decree would also partially resolve the
claims against Defendants in the
California Complaint. On January 15,
2025, California filed a separate
proposed Consent Decree between
Defendants and California (the
‘‘California Partial Consent Decree’’).
The California Partial Consent Decree
would resolve the remaining claims in
the California Complaint.
The Joint Consent Decree would
require Defendants to: (i) pay a civil
penalty of $525,000,000; (ii) take steps
to remedy the alleged violations,
including conducting a vehicle recall
program to modify model year 2017–
2019 J05E and J08E truck engines; (iii)
implement a corporate compliance
program; and (iv) perform mitigation
projects to offset 100% of the excess
NOX and other pollutant emissions
caused by Defendants’ violations.
The California Partial Consent Decree
would resolve California state claims for
a proportional amount of the civil
penalty recovered under the Joint
Consent Decree and for an additional
payment for a mitigation program in
California administered by the
California Air Resources Board.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
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Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States v. Hino Motors, Ltd., et
al., D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–12485. 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 .........
Any comments submitted in writing
may be filed in whole or in part on the
public court docket without notice to
the commenter.
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.
If you require assistance accessing the
proposed Consent Decree, you may
request assistance by email or by mail
to the addresses provided above for
submitting comments.
Eric D. Albert,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Modification of Consent Decree Under
the Clean Air Act
On January 14, 2025, the Department
of Justice lodged a proposed
Modification to a Consent Decree with
the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Ohio, in the lawsuit
entitled United States v. Buckeye Egg
Farm, LLC., et al, Civil Action No. 3:03–
CV–0768 (2004 N.D. OH).
In 2004, EPA and DOJ entered into a
Consent Decree (‘‘CD’’) with the interrelated predecessors of Ohio Fresh Eggs,
LLC (‘‘OFE’’) to resolve Clean Air Act
(‘‘CAA’’) violations at several of
defendants’ barns in Ohio that house
egg-laying chickens. The CD required
OFE, which had purchased the
facilities, to install particulate matter
(‘‘PM’’) control equipment and
implement best management practices
to reduce ammonia emissions. In 2017,
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the lessee of OFE’s facilities requested
termination of the CD. EPA conducted
an inspection of the facilities and found
numerous violations of the CD. The
proposed Modification amends the CD
to resolve these violations by providing
alternative injunctive relief approved by
EPA that will achieve the emission
reduction goals of the CD and requiring
payment of $5,816,250 in penalties for
violations of CD requirements to install
and operate emissions controls and to
submit quarterly reports.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Modification of the Consent
Decree. Comments should be addressed
to the Assistant Attorney General,
Environment and Natural Resources
Division, and should refer to United
States v. Buckeye Egg Farm, LLC et al.,
D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–07262. 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 .........
Any comments submitted in writing
may be filed by the United States in
whole or in part on the public court
docket without notice to the commenter.
During the public comment period,
the Modification of the Consent Decree
may be examined and downloaded at
this Justice Department website: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
If you require assistance accessing the
Modification of the Consent Decree, you
may request assistance by email or by
mail to the addresses provided above for
submitting comments.
Patricia McKenna,
Deputy Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On January 15, 2025, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Michigan in United States v. Hino Motors, Ltd., Hino Motors
Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc., and Hino Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.,
(``Defendants'') Civil Action No. 2:25-cv-10144.
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The United States, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency
(``EPA''), filed a Complaint in this lawsuit seeking civil penalties
and injunctive relief from Defendants for alleged violations of title
II of the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7521-7590, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, which aim to protect human health
and the environment by reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides
(``NOX'') and other pollutants from mobile sources of air
pollution, including new engines for motor vehicles and nonroad
equipment. The State of California has filed a separate Complaint
alleging corresponding claims for civil penalties and injunctive relief
against Defendants under the Clean Air Act's citizen suit provisions,
42 U.S.C. 7404(a)(1), and California laws and regulations.
When the United States' Complaint was filed, the United States also
lodged a proposed Consent Decree among the United States on behalf of
EPA, the People of the State of California on behalf of the the
California Air Resources Board, and Defendants (the ``Joint Consent
Decree''). If approved by the Court, the Joint Consent Decree would
resolve the claims against Defendants in the United States' Complaint
on behalf of EPA, as well as related claims by U.S. Customs and Border
Patrol and the National Highway Transportation and Safety
Administration. The Joint Consent Decree would also partially resolve
the claims against Defendants in the California Complaint. On January
15, 2025, California filed a separate proposed Consent Decree between
Defendants and California (the ``California Partial Consent Decree'').
The California Partial Consent Decree would resolve the remaining
claims in the California Complaint.
The Joint Consent Decree would require Defendants to: (i) pay a
civil penalty of $525,000,000; (ii) take steps to remedy the alleged
violations, including conducting a vehicle recall program to modify
model year 2017-2019 J05E and J08E truck engines; (iii) implement a
corporate compliance program; and (iv) perform mitigation projects to
offset 100% of the excess NOX and other pollutant emissions
caused by Defendants' violations.
The California Partial Consent Decree would resolve California
state claims for a proportional amount of the civil penalty recovered
under the Joint Consent Decree and for an additional payment for a
mitigation program in California administered by the California Air
Resources Board.
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 v. Hino Motors, Ltd., et al., D.J. Ref.
No. 90-5-2-1-12485. 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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Any comments submitted in writing may be filed in whole or in part
on the public court docket without notice to the commenter.
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. If you require assistance
accessing the proposed Consent Decree, you may request assistance by
email or by mail to the addresses provided above for submitting
comments.
Eric D. Albert,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01481 Filed 1-21-25; 8:45 am]
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