[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 61591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28102]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On December 22, 2017, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
modification to a Consent Decree with the United States District Court 
for the Western District of Oklahoma in United States and the Oklahoma 
Department of Environmental Quality and the State of Alabama v. 
Continental Carbon Company, Civil Case No. 5:15-cv-00290-F (W.D. 
Okla.).
    The original Consent Decree was entered on May 7, 2015, and 
resolved civil claims under the Clean Air Act at the Defendant's three 
carbon black manufacturing facilities located in Oklahoma, Alabama, and 
Texas. The Consent Decree imposed various pollution control 
requirements on Defendant's facilities, including requirements related 
to sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter emissions. 
At the Ponca City facility in Oklahoma and the Phenix City facility in 
Alabama, these pollution control requirements included, among other 
requirements, installation of Dry Gas Scrubber or Wet Gas Scrubber 
(``DGS'' or ``WGS'') systems designed to reduce sulfur dioxide 
emissions, and Selective Catalytic Reduction (``SCR'') systems to 
reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. The sulfur dioxide reduction systems 
are also expected to result in an ancillary reduction in particulate 
matter emissions.
    The parties have now agreed to modify certain Consent Decree 
deadlines. The modification resolve issues regarding the feasibility of 
the affected deadlines and resolves a potential dispute between the 
parties concerning them. The modification does not change Defendant's 
ultimate obligation to install and operate pollution controls at its 
facilities.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed modification to the 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, D.C. 20044-7611.
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    During the public comment period, the proposed modification to the 
Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice 
Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We 
will provide a paper copy of the proposed modification 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 $4.75 (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. 2017-28102 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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