[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 34066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13887]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

    Notice is hereby given that on May 31, 2012, a proposed Consent 
Decree in United States v. SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC and SABIC 
Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon, LLC , Civil Action No. 12-cv-00076, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of Indiana, Evansville Division.
    In this action, the United States sought injunctive relief and 
civil penalties from SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC and SABIC 
Innovative Plastics Mt. Vernon (``Defendants'') for violations of 
Section 112 of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7412, and the 
implementing regulations found at 40 CFR part 63, subparts F, G, and H 
(National Emission Standards for Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants from 
the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Organic 
Hazardous Air Pollutants for Equipment Leaks). The violations alleged 
occurred at Defendants' chemical manufacturing plants located in Mt. 
Vernon, Indiana and Burkville, Alabama. The proposed Decree resolves 
the United States' claims against Defendants by requiring Defendants to 
implement an Enhanced Leak Detection and Repair Program to mitigate any 
potential excess emissions resulting from past CAA violations; 
implement controls on an API oil/water separator as additional 
injunctive relief; implement controls on certain process vents as a 
Supplemental Environmental Project, and pay a civil penalty in the 
amount of $1,012,873.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to this 
Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either emailed 
to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044-7611, and should refer to 
United States v. SABIC Innovative Plastics US LLC and SABIC Innovative 
Plastics Mt. Vernon, LLC, D.J. Ref. 90-5-2-1-09010.
    During the public comment period, the Consent Decree may also be 
examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_ Decrees.html. A copy of the Consent Decree 
may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, U.S. 
Department of Justice, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611 or by 
faxing or emailing a request to ``Consent Decree Copy'' 
([email protected]), fax number (202) 514-0097, phone 
confirmation number (202) 514-5271. If requesting a copy from the 
Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $19.75 
(25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. Treasury or, 
if by email or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent 
Decree Library at the address given above.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2012-13887 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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