[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 7627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3300]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Material Modification to Consent Decree 
under the Clean Air Act

    Pursuant to Department of Justice policy, notice is hereby given 
that, on February 4, 2010, a proposed First Material Modification to 
Consent Decree (``First Decree Modification'') in United States, et al. 
v. Bunge North America, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 2:06-cv-02209-
MPM-DGB (C.D. Ill.) was lodged with the United States District Court 
for the Central District of Illinois. The original Consent Decree in 
this matter, entered on January 16, 2007, addressed alleged violations 
of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q, and its implementing 
regulations at 12 soybean and corn processing facilities owned and 
operated by Bunge North America, Inc. and several affiliated entities 
(collectively referred to herein as ``Bunge''). The First Decree 
Modification identifies additional facility improvements that Bunge has 
made to reduce solvent losses from soybean extraction operations at its 
Cairo, Illinois and Destrehan, Louisiana facilities and it imposes 
associated requirements, including revised emission limits that would 
be added to Bunge's Clean Air Act operating permit for the Destrehan, 
Louisiana facility. The First Decree Modification also substitutes new 
emission reduction requirements at Bunge's Cairo, Illinois, Decatur, 
Indiana, and Delphos, Ohio facilities. More specifically: (1) A new 
emission limit for a boiler at the Cairo, Illinois facility would 
require Bunge to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions from that facility; 
and (2) Bunge would reduce air pollutant emissions and wastewater 
discharges at its Delphos, Ohio and Decatur, Indiana facilities by 
installing new equipment to capture and recycle the vast majority of 
the hot water that is condensed from its use of steam so that it will 
be re-used as steam in the facility's extraction system, rather than 
being discharged as wastewater.
    The Department of Justice will receive comments relating to the 
First Decree Modification for a period of thirty (30) days from the 
date of this publication. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
mailed either electronically to [email protected] or in 
hard copy to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 
20044-7611. Comments should refer to United States, et al. v. Bunge 
North America, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 2:06-cv-02209-MPM-DGB 
(C.D. Ill.) and D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-07950.
    The First Decree Modification may be examined at: (1) The offices 
of the United States Attorney, 201 South Vine, Suite 226, Urbana, 
Illinois; and (2) the offices of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 14th Floor, Chicago, Illinois. 
During the public comment period, the First Decree Modification may 
also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site: 
http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the First 
Decree Modification may also be obtained by mail from the Department of 
Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 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 $4.50 (18 pages at 25 
cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury.

Maureen M. Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-3300 Filed 2-19-10; 8:45 am]
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