[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 90 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 27258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11014]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act

    On April 23, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Iowa in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Beef Products 
Inc., Civil Action No. 6:13-cv-02031 [Dkt. 2].
    In this action the United States seeks civil penalties against Beef 
Products, Inc. (``BPI'') in connection with BPI's system of storing and 
using anhydrous ammonia at its meat processing facility in Waterloo, 
Iowa (the ``Waterloo Facility''), in violation of Section 112(r)(7) of 
the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(7), and at BPI's meat 
processing facility in South Sioux City, Nebraska (``South Sioux City 
Facility''), in violation of Section 103(a) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9603(a). The proposed consent decree requires BPI to retain an 
independent third party expert to conduct extensive compliance audits 
at its South Sioux City Facility, as well as its Waterloo Facility and 
its meat processing facility in Holcomb, Kansas, if they reopen. BPI 
will also pay a civil penalty of $450,000 to the United States.
    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 v. Beef Products, Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-5-2-1-10504. 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 Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 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 $9.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-11014 Filed 5-8-13; 8:45 am]
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