[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39463-39464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17023]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air
Act
On August 3, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Middle
District of Florida in the lawsuit entitled United States, State of
Indiana, and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality v. Anchor
Glass Container Corporations, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:18-cv-943-J-
39MCR.
In this action, the United States, the State of Indiana, and the
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality filed a complaint pursuant
to Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7413, and
relevant corollary and implementing state regulations and programs,
seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties for alleged violations of
these laws at Anchor Glass Container Corporations, Inc.'s glass
manufacturing facilities. Anchor's facilities are located in
Jacksonville, Florida; Warner Robins, Georgia; Elmira, New York;
Lawrenceburg, Indiana; Shakopee, Minnesota; and Henryetta, Oklahoma.
The proposed settlement requires Anchor to implement pollution
controls to reduce its nitrogen oxide (NOX emissions at nine
of its eleven furnaces (two furnaces already have pollution controls
installed), and the company will meet more stringent NOX
emissions limits at all of its furnaces. Anchor will also implement
pollution controls and take other actions to reduce sulfur dioxide
(SO2 and particulate matter (PM) emissions. The settlement
also requires Anchor to install and operate continuous emissions
monitors for NOX and SO2 at all eleven of its
glass furnaces and to install continuous opacity monitors required by
the Clean Air Act. Additionally, Anchor will complete two mitigation
projects, a woodburning appliance change-out project and a project to
repower, retrofit, or replace vehicle diesel engines, further reducing
NOX, SO2, and PM emissions. Also as part of the
settlement, Anchor will pay a $1.1 million civil penalty ($550,000 to
the United States and $275,000 each to the States of Indiana and
Oklahoma).
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, State of Indiana, and the Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality v. Anchor Glass Container
Corporations, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:18-cv-943-J-39MCR, D.J. Ref. No.
90-5-2-1-10406. 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 $26.75 (25 cents per page
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reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-17023 Filed 8-8-18; 8:45 am]
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