[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 69084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24111]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On September 29, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania, Erie Docket, in the lawsuit entitled United 
States v. Erie Coke Corporation, Case No. 1:16-cv-238.
    The Consent Decree resolves the claims of the United States set 
forth in the complaint against Erie Coke Corporation for injunctive 
relief and civil penalties in connection with the company's coke by-
product recovery plant located in Erie, Pennsylvania, pursuant to 
Section 113 of the Clean Air Act (``CAA''), 42 U.S.C. 7413. Under the 
proposed Consent Decree, Erie Coke would perform injunctive relief to 
inventory, monitor, and control benzene emissions. It will also pay a 
civil penalty of $500,000.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Erie Coke Corporation, D.J. Ref. No. 
90-5-2-1-09614/1. 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 Consent Decree may be 
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of 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 $17.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the appendices and signature pages, the cost is $15.75.

Robert Brook,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division
[FR Doc. 2016-24111 Filed 10-4-16; 8:45 am]
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