[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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