[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 7078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03220]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On February 12, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Louisiana in the lawsuit titled United States and Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality v. Shell Chemical LP, Civil Action
No. 2:18-cv-1404-EEF-JVM.
The United States and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
filed this lawsuit under the Clean Air Act and Louisiana Environmental
Quality Act. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and civil penalties
based on violations of the Clean Air Act's New Source Review
requirements, New Source Performance Standards, National Emissions
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, ``Title V'' program
requirements and operating permits, and related Louisiana state
implementation plan requirements. The alleged violations involve flares
used at a chemical plant owned and operated by defendant Shell Chemical
LP in Norco, Louisiana. The consent decree requires the defendant to
perform injunctive relief, including operating a facility fenceline
monitoring system, and pay $350,000 in civil penalties, with $262,500
to be paid to the United States and $87,500 to be paid to LDEQ.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
and should refer to United States and Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality v. Shell Chemical LP, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
11603. 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 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 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 $37.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $26.75.
Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-03220 Filed 2-15-18; 8:45 am]
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