[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 95 (Thursday, May 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22850-22851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10014]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On May 12 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed Consent 
Decree with the United States District Court for the District of Nevada 
in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Nevada Cement Company, Inc., 
Civil Action No. 17-302.
    The Consent Decree resolves civil penalty and injunctive relief 
claims under Sections 113(b) and 167 of the Clean Air Act against the 
Nevada Cement Company (``NCC''). The settlement addresses six separate 
violations of the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) 
provisions of the Act in which the Complaint alleges the company 
upgraded five major parts of the cement plant and changed its manner of 
operations, without installing any pollution controls.
    The proposed Decree, if approved by the Court, would require NCC to 
achieve substantial reductions of nitrogen oxides (``NOX''), 
set a sulfur dioxide limit and perform two mitigation projects at its 
cement manufacturing plant located in Fernley, Nevada. To reduce 
NOX emissions, the proposed Decree would require NCC to 
install a new stack on one kiln, modern pollution controls and 
monitoring on both kilns, optimize the operation of both kilns and set 
the final NOX emission limit per kiln after extensive 
testing and optimized operations. The mitigation projects are to 
address prior NOX emissions and involve the change out of 
older diesel engines.
    NCC has also agreed to pay a civil penalty of $550,000.
    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. Nevada Cement Company, Inc., D.J. Ref. 
No. 90-5-2-1-10458. 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.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.

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    Please enclose a check or money order for $18.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-10014 Filed 5-17-17; 8:45 am]
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