[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45564-45565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18045]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On July 22, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Joint 
Stipulation to Modify Section XXI of the Amended Consent Decree with 
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin 
in the lawsuit entitled United States and Michigan Department of 
Environmental Quality, Plaintiffs, and Clean Wisconsin, Sierra Club, 
and Citizens' Utility Board, Intervenors, v. Wisconsin Electric Power 
Company, Civil Action No. 03-c-0371.
    The terms of the Amended Consent Decree that are subject to the 
proposed modification are those set forth in Section XXI of the Amended 
Consent Decree. Generally, those provisions preclude any transfer of an 
Ownership Interest in any Unit covered by the Decree unless the 
transferee is first made a defendant to the Decree and jointly and 
severally liable with Wisconsin Electric for all the requirements of 
the Decree that may be applicable to the transferred or purchased 
Ownership Interests. The proposed modification would provide that such 
a requirement need not apply when certain conditions obtain, such as 
when the transferred interest is minor and Defendant Wisconsin Electric 
remains liable for the Decree's terms.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Joint Stipulation to Modify Section XXI of the Amended Consent 
Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Acting Assistant Attorney 
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer 
to United States et al. v. Wisconsin Electric Power Company, D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-5-2-1-07493. 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 Joint Stipulation to Modify 
Section XXI of the Amended 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 Joint 
Stipulation to Modify Section XXI of the Amended 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 $58.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibit pages, the cost is $4.25.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-18045 Filed 7-26-13; 8:45 am]
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