[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 16437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07015]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On March 23, 2015, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Oklahoma in the lawsuit entitled United States et al. v. 
Continental Carbon Company, Civil Case. No. 5:15-cv-00290-F (W.D. 
Okla.).
    In this civil enforcement action under the federal Clean Air Act 
(``Act''), the United States and the States of Alabama and Oklahoma 
allege that Continental Carbon Company (``Defendant''), failed to 
comply with certain requirements of the Act intended to protect air 
quality at three Carbon black manufacturing facilities in Phenix City, 
Alabama, Ponca City, Oklahoma, and Sunray, Texas. The complaint seeks 
injunctive relief and civil penalties for violations of the Clean Air 
Act's Prevention of Significant Deterioration (``PSD'') provisions, 42 
U.S.C. 7470-92, the Act's Title V permit provisions (``Title V''), 42 
U.S.C. 7661a-76661f, and various Clean Air Act implementing 
regulations. The complaint alleges that Defendant failed to obtain 
appropriate permits and failed to install and operate required 
pollution control devices to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide 
(``SO2'') and/or nitrogen oxides (``NOX'') at the 
Phenix City, Ponca City, and Sunray facilities.
    The proposed Consent Decree would resolve violations for certain 
provisions of the Act at the three facilities, and would require the 
Defendant to reduce harmful SO2, NOX, and 
particulate matter emissions through the installation and operation of 
pollution controls. The Defendant will also spend $550,000 to fund 
environmental mitigation projects that will further reduce emissions 
and benefit communities adversely affected by the pollution from the 
facilities, and pay a civil penalty of $650,000.
    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. Continental Carbon Company, 
Civil Case. No. 5:15-cv-00290-F (W.D. Okla.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-
09729. 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 proposed 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 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 $26.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-07015 Filed 3-26-15; 8:45 am]
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