[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 34553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15541]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Third Modification to Consent 
Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    On July 19, 2017, the United States lodged a proposed Third 
Modification to the Consent Decree (``Third Modification'') with the 
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 
in the lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v. Essroc Cement Corp., 
Civil No. 2:11-cv-01650.
    The Court approved the original Consent Decree in 2012, resolving 
claims under the Clean Air Act against six Essroc cement facilities in 
three states and Puerto Rico. The proposed Third Modification affects 
only Defendant's Logansport facility in Logansport, Indiana. The 
proposed Third Modification reworks requirements for controlling 
emissions of nitrogen oxides, known as NOX, at Logansport. 
Under the proposed agreement, Essroc will no longer be required to 
install a NOX control technology known as SNCR (which stands 
for selective non-catalytic reduction) at Logansport Kiln 2. Instead, 
Essroc will be required to install water injection technology, another 
NOX control technology, at both Logansport kilns. In 
addition, the proposed agreement reduces the allowable NOX 
emissions rate at both kilns. Finally, the proposed Third Modification 
notes that Essroc is now known as Lehigh Hanson ECC.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Third Modification. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Essroc Cement Corp., D.J. Ref. No. 90-
5-2-1-09608. 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 Third Modification 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 Third Modification to 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 $3.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a 
complete copy of the original Consent Decree, the prior approved 
modification, and the proposed Third Modification (without exhibits and 
signature pages), the cost is $20.00.

Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-15541 Filed 7-24-17; 8:45 am]
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