[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8436-8437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01647]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 
Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act

    On January 17, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Ohio in the lawsuit entitled United States v. S.H. Bell 
Company, Civil Action No. 4:17-cv-131.
    The United States filed this lawsuit under the Clean Air Act and 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (``CERCLA,'' also known as the Superfund statute). The United 
States' complaint names S.H. Bell Company as defendant. The complaint 
seeks injunctive relief under the Clean Air Act and CERCLA to address 
manganese emissions from S.H. Bell's plant that spans across the Ohio-
Pennsylvania border in East Liverpool, Ohio and Ohioville, 
Pennsylvania. The consent decree requires several measures to provide 
both immediate and long-term reductions in fugitive manganese 
emissions. These safeguards include (i) fenceline monitoring with EPA-
approved monitors and required steps to investigate and, if needed, 
take corrective action if emissions exceed specified trigger levels; 
(ii) a tracking system for manganese materials and video recordings of 
certain facility operations to help the company and regulators 
determine the source of any manganese emissions detected in the future; 
and (iii) implementation of identified fugitive dust control measures.
    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

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United States v. S.H. Bell Company, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-11688/1. All 
comments must be submitted no later than 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.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. 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 $11.75 (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. 2017-01647 Filed 1-24-17; 8:45 am]
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