[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 134 (Monday, July 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 40780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16334]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification of Amended Consent
Decree Under The Clean Air Act
On July 8, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Third
Amended Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin in the lawsuit entitled United States and
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Plaintiffs, and Clean
Wisconsin, Sierra Club, and Citizens' Utility Board, Intervenors, v.
Wisconsin Electric Power Company, Civil Action No. 03-c-0371.
Generally, the proposed modifications to the Decree are designed:
(1) To accommodate the voluntary decision of the Defendant, Wisconsin
Electric Power Company (``WE Energies,'' ``WE'' or ``Defendant''), to
convert all four coal-fired boilers at the Valley Generating Station
(``Valley Station''), located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from coal to
natural gas; and (2) to simplify the process of terminating the Third
Amended Decree after December 31, 2015. The coal-to-natural-gas
conversion will provide significant emission reductions at the Valley
Station, and the termination-related changes will provide greater
finality for the Defendant while also ensuring that the Decree's
provisions remain enforceable in the future through federally
enforceable state operating permits.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
Proposed Third Amended Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to
the Acting Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to United States et al. v.
Wisconsin Electric Power Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-07493. 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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During the public comment period, the Joint Stipulation to Modify
Section XXI of the Amended 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 Third Amended 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 $21.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-16334 Filed 7-11-14; 8:45 am]
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