[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61640-61641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24835]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under The Clean Air
Act
On October 2, 2012, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District
of Alaska in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Golden Valley
Electric Association, Inc., and Alaska Industrial Development and
Export Authority, Civil Action No. 4:12-cv-00025-RRB.
The United States filed this proposed consent decree simultaneously
with a complaint under the Clean Air Act. Pursuant to Section 167 of
the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7477, the United States' complaint, on
behalf of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, seeks
injunctive relief to prevent violations of the Clean Air Act's (CAA's)
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) requirements at Unit 2 of
the Defendants' coal fired power plant in Healy, Alaska. The proposed
consent decree would require Golden Valley Electric Association, Inc.
(GVEA) and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority
(AIDEA) to perform specified injunctive relief at the plant to address
certain emissions. Pursuant to the terms of the consent decree, a civil
penalty of $115,000 would be paid and $250,000 in funds would be
devoted to an environmental mitigation project relating to stove
change-outs in Fairbanks and the Denali Borough, Alaska. The proposed
consent decree would resolve the alleged PSD claim as well as certain
other CAA claims on Unit 2 at the Healy power plant.
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 Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to United States v. Golden Valley Electric
Association, Inc., and Alaska Industrial Development and Export
Authority, D.J. Ref. No. No. 90-5-2-1-10615. 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, D.C. 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the proposed consent decree may
be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 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 $15.50 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-24835 Filed 10-9-12; 8:45 am]
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