[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 16437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07015]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On March 23, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western
District of Oklahoma in the lawsuit entitled United States et al. v.
Continental Carbon Company, Civil Case. No. 5:15-cv-00290-F (W.D.
Okla.).
In this civil enforcement action under the federal Clean Air Act
(``Act''), the United States and the States of Alabama and Oklahoma
allege that Continental Carbon Company (``Defendant''), failed to
comply with certain requirements of the Act intended to protect air
quality at three Carbon black manufacturing facilities in Phenix City,
Alabama, Ponca City, Oklahoma, and Sunray, Texas. The complaint seeks
injunctive relief and civil penalties for violations of the Clean Air
Act's Prevention of Significant Deterioration (``PSD'') provisions, 42
U.S.C. 7470-92, the Act's Title V permit provisions (``Title V''), 42
U.S.C. 7661a-76661f, and various Clean Air Act implementing
regulations. The complaint alleges that Defendant failed to obtain
appropriate permits and failed to install and operate required
pollution control devices to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide
(``SO2'') and/or nitrogen oxides (``NOX'') at the
Phenix City, Ponca City, and Sunray facilities.
The proposed Consent Decree would resolve violations for certain
provisions of the Act at the three facilities, and would require the
Defendant to reduce harmful SO2, NOX, and
particulate matter emissions through the installation and operation of
pollution controls. The Defendant will also spend $550,000 to fund
environmental mitigation projects that will further reduce emissions
and benefit communities adversely affected by the pollution from the
facilities, and pay a civil penalty of $650,000.
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 et al. v. Continental Carbon Company,
Civil Case. No. 5:15-cv-00290-F (W.D. Okla.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
09729. 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 proposed 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 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 $26.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-07015 Filed 3-26-15; 8:45 am]
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