[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 36840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15441]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of the ``SIGECO'' Proposed Consent Decree Under 
the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on June 6, 2003, a proposed Consent 
Decree (``proposed Decree'') in United States v. Southern Indiana Gas & 
Electric Co. (``SIGECO''), Civil Action No. IP99-1692 C-M/F, was lodged 
with the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
Indiana.
    In the Amended Complaint filed under the federal Clean Air Act 
(``Act'') in January 2000, the United States alleged that SIGECO, an 
electric utility, failed to comply with certain requirements of the Act 
intended to prevent deterioration of air quality. The Amended Complaint 
alleged that SIGECO failed to seek permits prior to making major 
modifications to the three units located at the F.B. Culley Station in 
Newburgh, Indiana (``Culley plant''), and failed to install appropriate 
pollution control devices at the Culley plant to reduce emissions of 
air pollutants.
    The proposed Decree lodged with the Court requires installation, 
upgrading, and operation of pollution control devices at the Culley 
plant, including the installation and operation of a state-of-the-art 
control device to reduce emissions of particulate matter. The proposed 
Decree also requires SIGECO to take specific measures to operate 
pollution control equipment to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and 
sulfur dioxides from the Culley plant. In addition, under the proposed 
Decree SIGECO will carry out an environmental mitigation project, 
valued at $2.5 million, to install and operate technology to reduce 
emission of sulfuric acid from the Culley plant, and pay a civil 
penalty of $600,000.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, 
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer 
to United States v. Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co., D.J. Ref. 90-
5-2-1-06966.
    The proposed Decree may be examined at the offices of the United 
States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana, 10 West Market St., 
Suite 2100, Indianapolis, IN 46204-3048, and at the offices of U.S. EPA 
Region 5, 777 W. Jackson Street, Chicago, IL 60604-3507.
    During the public comment period, the proposed Decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice website, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/open.html. A copy of the proposed Decree may also be 
obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by faxing or e-
mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood ([email protected]), fax 
no. (202) 514-0097, phone confirmation number (202) 514-1547. In 
requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a 
check in the amount of $11.50 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) 
payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 03-15441 Filed 6-18-03; 8:45 am]
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