[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6546-6547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02275]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On January 30, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
First Amendment to Consent Decree (``First Amendment'') with the United 
States District Court for the Central District of Illinois in the 
lawsuit entitled United States et al. v. Archer Daniels Midland 
Company, Civil Action No. 03-2066 HAB.
    The First Amendment modifies the Consent Decree in this case, which 
resolved the claims alleged by the United States and Plaintiff-
Interveners for violations of the Clean Air Act, including 42 U.S.C. 
7470-7492 and certain implementing federal and state regulations at 52 
seed and grain processing plants of the Defendant, Archer Daniels 
Midland Company (``ADM''), located in 11 states. Certain issues 
involving the implementation and compliance with emissions limits for 
volatile organic compounds (``VOC'') have arisen with respect to ADM's 
plants in Marshall, Minnesota and Columbus, Nebraska. Under the Consent 
Decree, ADM will perform a substitute project to reduce pollutants at 
the Marshall, Minnesota plant (the replacement of two coal-fired 
boilers with a natural gas boiler), and will be responsible for an 
offset of VOC emissions at a facility owned by Malnove Incorporated of 
Nebraska, located in Omaha, Nebraska (the removal of a high-VOC 
emitting rotogravure printing press and its replacement with a 
replacement low-VOC emitting press, or no replacement at all). At the 
time of lodging, the replacement of the two coal-fired boilers at the 
Marshall, Minnesota facility and the dismantling of the rotogravure 
printing press have already been accomplished.
    In addition, the First Amendment modifies the original Consent 
Decree by allowing partial terminations of the Consent Decree for those 
ADM facilities that have completed all of the compliance obligations 
set forth in the Consent Decree. The parties have agreed that ADM has 
met all Consent Decree requirements for each of the facilities listed 
in Appendix A to the Consent Decree, and as such the Consent Decree 
will be terminated in part as to those facilities.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for 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. Archer Daniels Midland Company, 
D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-2035/2. 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 First Amendment 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 First Amendment upon

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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 $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. 2015-02275 Filed 2-4-15; 8:45 am]
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