[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 44673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18406]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree

    In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 
hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in American Bottom 
Conservancy v. Jackson, Civil Action No. 3:12-cv-00296-GPM-SCW, was 
lodged with the United States District Court for the Southern District 
of Illinois on July 23, 2012.
    This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by American 
Bottom Conservancy (``ABC'') against Lisa P. Jackson, in her official 
capacity as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(``EPA''), pursuant to Section 304(a)(2) of the Clean Air Act 
(``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. Sec.  7604(a)(2), to obtain injunctive relief to 
require EPA to respond to an administrative petition filed by ABC 
challenging an air pollution permit issued by the Illinois 
Environmental Protection Agency for the U.S. Steel Corporation's 
Granite City Works facility, Permit No. 96030056. The proposed Consent 
Decree resolves these allegations by requiring EPA to act on the 
administrative petition on or before December 3, 2012.
    The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to 
this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of 
publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Perry M. Rosen, 
Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044 and 
refer to ABC v. Jackson, DJ  90-5-2-4-19402.
    The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk's Office, 
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 750 
Missouri Avenue, East St. Louis, Illinois 62201. In addition, the 
proposed Consent Decree may be examined electronically at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html.

Cherie L. Rogers,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment & 
Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-18406 Filed 7-27-12; 8:45 am]
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