[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 95 (Thursday, May 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22850-22851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10014]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On May 12 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent
Decree with the United States District Court for the District of Nevada
in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Nevada Cement Company, Inc.,
Civil Action No. 17-302.
The Consent Decree resolves civil penalty and injunctive relief
claims under Sections 113(b) and 167 of the Clean Air Act against the
Nevada Cement Company (``NCC''). The settlement addresses six separate
violations of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
provisions of the Act in which the Complaint alleges the company
upgraded five major parts of the cement plant and changed its manner of
operations, without installing any pollution controls.
The proposed Decree, if approved by the Court, would require NCC to
achieve substantial reductions of nitrogen oxides (``NOX''),
set a sulfur dioxide limit and perform two mitigation projects at its
cement manufacturing plant located in Fernley, Nevada. To reduce
NOX emissions, the proposed Decree would require NCC to
install a new stack on one kiln, modern pollution controls and
monitoring on both kilns, optimize the operation of both kilns and set
the final NOX emission limit per kiln after extensive
testing and optimized operations. The mitigation projects are to
address prior NOX emissions and involve the change out of
older diesel engines.
NCC has also agreed to pay a civil penalty of $550,000.
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. Nevada Cement Company, Inc., D.J. Ref.
No. 90-5-2-1-10458. 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.
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Please enclose a check or money order for $18.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-10014 Filed 5-17-17; 8:45 am]
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