[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 66935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27615]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On October 26, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Cleveland
Thermal, LLC., Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-2198.
In the Complaint, the United States alleges that Cleveland Thermal,
LLC, (``Cleveland Thermal'') violated, at a steam generating facility
that it owns and operates in Cleveland, Ohio, the Prevention of
Significant Deterioration regulations, the Nonattainment New Source
Review regulations, and the Standards of Performance for New Stationary
Sources, all promulgated under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et
seq.
Under the Consent Decree, Cleveland Thermal will retire all three
of its coal-fired boilers; will retire three of its five fuel oil-fired
boilers; and will operate its remaining two fuel oil-fired boilers as
``limited use'' boilers. Cleveland Thermal will install and operate new
natural gas-fired boilers to replace the lost capacity. The new natural
gas-fired boilers must be properly permitted. In addition, Cleveland
Thermal may opt to install and operate a properly permitted new,
natural gas-fired cogeneration facility. Cleveland Thermal will pay a
civil penalty of $75,000 and perform an environmental mitigation
project worth $350,000.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and
should refer to United States v. Cleveland Thermal, LLC, D.J. Ref. No.
90-5-2-1-10579. 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 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 Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: http://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
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 $24.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $15.50.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-27615 Filed 10-29-15; 8:45 am]
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