[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 8991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03741]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    Notice is hereby given that, for a period of 30 days, the United 
States will receive public comments on a proposed Consent Decree in 
United States v. Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., d/b/a Keystone 
Steel and Wire Company (1:16-cv-01057-MMM-JEH), which was lodged with 
the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois 
on February 12, 2016.
    The Complaint in this case was filed against Keystone Consolidated 
Industries, Inc. (``Keystone'') concurrently with the lodging of the 
proposed Consent Decree. This is a civil action brought pursuant to 
section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 
7413(b), to obtain injunctive relief and civil penalties from Keystone 
for violations at its integrated steel mini-mill located in Peoria, 
Peoria County, Illinois, of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration 
of Air Quality provisions of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7470-7492; the Illinois 
State Implementation Plan; CAA title V, 42 U.S.C. 7661-7661f, and its 
implementing regulations set forth at 40 CFR part 70; and the Illinois 
Environmental Protection Act, 415 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/39.5, through 
which the State of Illinois administers its Clean Air Act Permit 
Program pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 7661-7661c. Under the proposed Consent 
Decree, Keystone will pay a civil penalty of $565,000, install and use 
a sulfur dioxide continuous emissions monitoring system, comply with 
specified sulfur dioxide emissions limits at its Arc Shop, make 
required modifications to each of its baghouse fan motors, develop for 
EPA approval a preventative maintenance and operation plan for all its 
emissions, and perform and complete a root cause failure analysis for 
any extended duration heat.
    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 v. Keystone Consolidated Industries, 
Inc., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-09880. 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.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We 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 $21.50 (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. 2016-03741 Filed 2-22-16; 8:45 am]
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