[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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