[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52909-52910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18931]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean
Water Act
On August 4, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western
District of Pennsylvania in the lawsuit entitled United States and the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection v. CONSOL Energy
Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 2:16-CV-01178.
The proposed Consent Decree will resolve Clean Water Act and
associated state claims alleged in this action by the United States and
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Against CONSOL
Energy Inc., CNX Coal Resources LP, and Consol Pennsylvania Coal
Company LLC for the discharge of pollutants from the Bailey Mine
Complex in Greene and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, into state
waters and waters of the United States in violation of limits in
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (``NPDES'') permits.
Under the proposed Consent Decree, Defendants will perform injunctive
relief including implementing water management measures to prevent
contaminated discharge, conducting long-term monitoring to ensure
sufficient storage capacity to prevent future discharges, developing
contingency plans should future discharges become likely, and
implementing an environmental management system to ensure compliance
with the Clean Water Act and other applicable environmental laws. In
addition, Defendants will pay a total civil penalty of $3 million in
three installments, with the last payment on January 15, 2018.
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 the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection v. CONSOL Energy Inc. et al., D.J. Ref. No.
90-5-1-1-10614. 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 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 $15.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Jeffrey Sands,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-18931 Filed 8-9-16; 8:45 am]
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