[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45272-45273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18015]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Third Amendment to Consent Decree 
Under the Clean Air Act

    On July 23, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Third 
Amendment to the Consent Decree with the United States District Court 
for the Southern District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United 
States et al v. Lafarge North America et al, Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-
44.
    Following public notice and opportunity for public comment, on 
March 18, 2010 the Court entered a Consent Decree resolving certain 
violations of the federal Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. by 
Lafarge North America, Lafarge Building Materials, and Lafarge Midwest 
(collectively, the ``Lafarge Companies'') alleged by Plaintiff United 
States and Plaintiff-Intervenors the State of Alabama, the State of 
Illinois, the State of Iowa, the State of Kansas, the State of 
Michigan, the State of Missouri, the State of New York, the State of 
Ohio, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Department of Environmental Protection, the South Carolina Department 
of Health and Environmental Control, the Washington State Department of 
Ecology, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, and the 
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (collectively, ``State Plaintiffs''). The 
Court amended the Consent Decree on April 28, 2011 and again on October 
4, 2012.
    The United States, the State of New York, and the Lafarge Companies 
have agreed to further amend the Consent Decree to provide the Lafarge 
Companies with an extension of time of until July 1, 2016 to complete 
construction of a replacement kiln at the Ravena, New York cement plant 
in return for commitments by the Lafarge Companies set forth in the 
proposed Third Amendment to the Consent Decree. In general, those 
commitments by the Lafarge Companies are that beginning on January 1, 
2013, the Lafarge Companies shall comply with stringent emission caps, 
specified herein, for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from the 
Ravena cement plant, and further that the Lafarge Companies shall fund 
emission reduction projects in the community surrounding the plant.
    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 et al v. Lafarge North America et al, 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-08221. 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 e-mail...........................  [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 Third Amendment to 
the Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice 
Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ConsentDecrees.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 $5.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $4.25.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-18015 Filed 7-25-13; 8:45 am]
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