[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 2973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00886]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On January 14, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
first amendment to a consent decree with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United 
States, et al. v. INEOS ABS (USA) Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. 
1:09-CV-00545.
    Under the original 2010 consent decree, INEOS ABS (USA) Corporation 
(``INEOS'') agreed to undertake numerous measures to come into 
compliance with various environmental statutes and regulations at its 
facility in Addyston, Ohio, including certain measures designed to 
control hazardous air pollutant emissions from the facility's flare and 
volatile organic compound emissions from equipment leaks. Since the 
entry of the original consent decree, issues involving the 
implementation of and compliance with certain consent decree provisions 
have arisen. Under the proposed First Amendment, INEOS will comply with 
a final limit of the net heating value in its flare gas that will 
ensure 99% control efficiency at the flare, which is the control 
efficiency requirement in the facility's permit. INEOS also will pay a 
penalty of $240,000 for alleged violations of certain leak detection 
and repair (``LDAR'') provisions of the original decree (which are 
based on regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
Sec. Sec.  7401, et seq.).
    The publication of this notice opens a period of public comment on 
the first amendment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States, et al. v. INEOS ABS (USA) Corporation, 
et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09264. 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 first amendment may be 
examined and downloaded at this Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the first amendment 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 in the amount of $ 10.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-00886 Filed 1-20-15; 8:45 am]
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