[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20423-20424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07912]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification of Consent Decree
Under the Clean Air Act
On March 30, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
stipulation to modify a Consent Decree with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in the lawsuit entitled
United States v. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Civil Case No.
13-C-10 (E.D. Wis.).
The original Consent Decree resolved alleged violations of the New
Source Review and Title V provisions of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42
U.S.C. 7470-92 and 7661a-7661f, at two coal-fired power plants owned
and operated by Wisconsin Public Service Corp (``Defendant''): the
Weston plant located in Marathon County, Wisconsin, and the Pulliam
plant located in Brown County, Wisconsin. The proposed modifications
would: (1) Facilitate the Defendant's decision to convert a unit at the
Weston plant from burning coal to natural gas, thereby reducing
particulate matter (``PM'') emissions such that the operation of
certain PM controls at that unit is no longer necessary to achieve the
PM reductions secured by the Decree; (2) replace a hydroelectric
environmental mitigation project that was deemed unworkable with a new
land acquisition and restoration project and an expansion of an
existing wood stove replacement program; and (3) revise and update
certain administrative notice and certification requirements.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed modifications 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. Wisconsin
Public Service Corporation, Civil Case No. 13-C-10
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(E.D. Wis.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-1230/1. 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 stipulation to
modify the Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of the proposed stipulation 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 $6.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section,
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-07912 Filed 4-6-16; 8:45 am]
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