[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 249 (Friday, December 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61797-61798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28105]
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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 Louisiana in United States and the
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality v. Cabot Corporation,
Civil Case No. 13-3095 (W.D. La.).
The original Consent Decree was entered on March 13, 2014, and
resolved civil claims under the Clean Air Act at the Defendant's three
carbon black manufacturing facilities located in Louisiana 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
Canal and Ville Platte facilities in Louisiana, these pollution control
requirements included, among other requirements, installation of Wet
Gas Scrubber (``WGS'') systems designed to reduce sulfur dioxide
emissions, and Selective Catalytic Reduction (``SCR'') systems to
reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. The WGS systems are also expected to
result in an ancillary reduction in particulate matter emissions. On
May 5, 2017, the Court entered a First Modification of Consent Decree
extending certain compliance deadlines in the Consent Decree.
The parties have now agreed to further modify certain Consent
Decree deadlines. The modification resolves 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 further 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 and the
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality v. Cabot Corporation,
Civil Case No. 13-3095 (W.D. La.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-10355. 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 proposed modifications 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 modifications upon written
request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your request and
payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ-
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ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $3.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural.
[FR Doc. 2017-28105 Filed 12-28-17; 8:45 am]
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