[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 61591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28102]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification of Consent Decree
Under the Clean Air Act
On December 22, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
modification to a Consent Decree with the United States District Court
for the Western District of Oklahoma in United States and the Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality and the State of Alabama v.
Continental Carbon Company, Civil Case No. 5:15-cv-00290-F (W.D.
Okla.).
The original Consent Decree was entered on May 7, 2015, and
resolved civil claims under the Clean Air Act at the Defendant's three
carbon black manufacturing facilities located in Oklahoma, Alabama, and
Texas. The Consent Decree imposed various pollution control
requirements on Defendant's facilities, including requirements related
to sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter emissions.
At the Ponca City facility in Oklahoma and the Phenix City facility in
Alabama, these pollution control requirements included, among other
requirements, installation of Dry Gas Scrubber or Wet Gas Scrubber
(``DGS'' or ``WGS'') systems designed to reduce sulfur dioxide
emissions, and Selective Catalytic Reduction (``SCR'') systems to
reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. The sulfur dioxide reduction systems
are also expected to result in an ancillary reduction in particulate
matter emissions.
The parties have now agreed to modify certain Consent Decree
deadlines. The modification resolve issues regarding the feasibility of
the affected deadlines and resolves a potential dispute between the
parties concerning them. The modification does not change Defendant's
ultimate obligation to install and operate pollution controls at its
facilities.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed modification to the Consent Decree. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to United States et al. v.
Continental Carbon Company, Civil Case No. 5:15-cv-00290-F (W.D.
Okla.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09729. 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, D.C. 20044-7611.
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During the public comment period, the proposed modification to the
Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice
Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We
will provide a paper copy of the proposed modification 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 $4.75 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-28102 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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