[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 50726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18161]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On July 27, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Tennessee in the lawsuit entitled United States and Knox 
County, Tennessee, Ex Rel, Lynne Liddington, Director Of Air Quality 
Management For Knox County, Tennessee v. Cemex Inc., et al., Civil 
Action No. 3:16-cv-471.
    This case involves claims for alleged violations of the Prevention 
of Significant Deterioration (``PSD'') program of the Clean Air Act 
(``CAA''), CAA's Title V operating permit requirements, and related 
Tennessee and Texas state law requirements at Portland cement 
facilities in Knoxville, Tennessee and Odessa, Texas owned or operated 
by Cemex, Inc. or related corporate entities (collectively, ``Cemex''). 
The complaint seeks injunctive relief for installation of control 
technology to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX), 
civil penalties, and mitigation of past excess NOX 
emissions. The settlement resolves the liability at these facilities 
and also resolves similar potential liability at additional Cemex 
cement plants in New Braunfels, Texas, Louisville, Kentucky and 
Demopolis, Alabama, and requires Cemex to install pollution control 
equipment, agree to federally enforceable limits for NOX and 
SO2 emissions, pay $1,690,000 in civil penalties, and 
perform an environmental mitigation project.
    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 and Knox County, Tennessee, Ex Rel, Lynne 
Liddington, Director Of Air Quality Management For Knox County, 
Tennessee v. Cemex Inc., et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09716. 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: https://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 $13.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-18161 Filed 8-1-16; 8:45 am]
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