[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14735-14736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05718]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification To Consent Decree With 
Dairyland Power Cooperative Under the Clean Air Act

    On March 10, 2014, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
modification to a Consent Decree with the United States District Court 
for the Western District of Wisconsin in the lawsuit entitled United 
States of America v. Dairyland Power Cooperative, Civ. Action No. 12-
cv-462 (W.D. Wis.). The Consent Decree was entered in August 2012, and 
resolved the United States' claims in Case. No. 12-cv-462, as well as 
similar claims brought by the Sierra Club in related litigation in 
Sierra Club v. Dairyland Power Coop., Civ. Action No. 10-cv-303-bbc.
    The original Consent Decree resolved Clean Air Act New Source 
Review and Title V violations at two coal-fired power plants owned and 
operated by Dairyland Power Cooperative (``DPC''). See 77 FR 39,737 
(July 5, 2012). Both plants are located in Wisconsin: The Alma/J.P. 
Madgett plant in Buffalo County, and the Genoa plant in Vernon County. 
The proposed modification would extend by eight months the time for 
Dairyland to comply with the Consent Decree's 30-day rolling average 
sulfur dioxide emission rate for one of the units at the Alma/J.P. 
Madgett plant. The extension relates to permitting delays encountered 
by Dairyland during the construction of Decree-mandated pollution 
controls. The proposed modification also would require Dairyland to 
offset additional emissions caused by the delay by reducing overall 
pollution from the Alma/J.P. Madgett plant beyond the levels required 
by the original Consent Decree.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed modification to the Consent Decree. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. Dairyland 
Power Cooperative, Civ. Action No. 12-cv-462 (W.D. Wis.), D.J. Ref. 90-
5-2-1-10163. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) 
days after the

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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 modification to the 
Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice 
Department Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. 
The Justice Department will provide a paper copy of the proposed 
modification to 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 $5.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-05718 Filed 3-14-14; 8:45 am]
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