[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14735-14736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05718]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification To Consent Decree With
Dairyland Power Cooperative Under the Clean Air Act
On March 10, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
modification to a Consent Decree with the United States District Court
for the Western District of Wisconsin in the lawsuit entitled United
States of America v. Dairyland Power Cooperative, Civ. Action No. 12-
cv-462 (W.D. Wis.). The Consent Decree was entered in August 2012, and
resolved the United States' claims in Case. No. 12-cv-462, as well as
similar claims brought by the Sierra Club in related litigation in
Sierra Club v. Dairyland Power Coop., Civ. Action No. 10-cv-303-bbc.
The original Consent Decree resolved Clean Air Act New Source
Review and Title V violations at two coal-fired power plants owned and
operated by Dairyland Power Cooperative (``DPC''). See 77 FR 39,737
(July 5, 2012). Both plants are located in Wisconsin: The Alma/J.P.
Madgett plant in Buffalo County, and the Genoa plant in Vernon County.
The proposed modification would extend by eight months the time for
Dairyland to comply with the Consent Decree's 30-day rolling average
sulfur dioxide emission rate for one of the units at the Alma/J.P.
Madgett plant. The extension relates to permitting delays encountered
by Dairyland during the construction of Decree-mandated pollution
controls. The proposed modification also would require Dairyland to
offset additional emissions caused by the delay by reducing overall
pollution from the Alma/J.P. Madgett plant beyond the levels required
by the original Consent Decree.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed modification to the Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. Dairyland
Power Cooperative, Civ. Action No. 12-cv-462 (W.D. Wis.), D.J. Ref. 90-
5-2-1-10163. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30)
days after the
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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 e-mail....................... [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 proposed modification to the
Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice
Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.
The Justice Department will provide a paper copy of the proposed
modification to 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 $5.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-05718 Filed 3-14-14; 8:45 am]
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