[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42547-42548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16995]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On July 11, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Maryland in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Holcim (US) Inc. 
and St. Lawrence Cement Company, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-01119-
CCB.

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    The United States filed this lawsuit under the Clean Air Act 
(``Act''). The United States' complaint seeks injunctive relief and 
civil penalties for violations of: (a) the Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration (``PSD'') provisions of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7470-92, and 
Maryland's PSD program in the federally enforceable Maryland State 
Implementation Plan (``Maryland SIP''), Code of Maryland Regulations 
(``COMAR''), Title 26, Subtitle 11, Chapter 06.14, entitled ``Control 
of PSD Sources,'' and (b) Title V of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7661-7661f, and 
Title V's implementing federal regulations, 40 CFR part 70, and 
Maryland's federally enforceable Title V program, COMAR 26.11.03, 
entitled ``Permits, Approvals, and Registration--Title V Permits'', at 
Holcim's portland cement plant in Hagerstown, Maryland. The Consent 
Decree requires the defendant to perform injunctive relief, pay a 
$700,000 civil penalty, and perform an environmental mitigation 
project.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Holcim (US) Inc. and St. Lawrence 
Cement Company, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09594. 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 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 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 $12.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert D. Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-16995 Filed 7-15-13; 8:45 am]
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