[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 249 (Friday, December 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61797-61798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28105]


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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 Louisiana in United States and the 
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality v. Cabot Corporation, 
Civil Case No. 13-3095 (W.D. La.).
    The original Consent Decree was entered on March 13, 2014, and 
resolved civil claims under the Clean Air Act at the Defendant's three 
carbon black manufacturing facilities located in Louisiana 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 
Canal and Ville Platte facilities in Louisiana, these pollution control 
requirements included, among other requirements, installation of Wet 
Gas Scrubber (``WGS'') systems designed to reduce sulfur dioxide 
emissions, and Selective Catalytic Reduction (``SCR'') systems to 
reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. The WGS systems are also expected to 
result in an ancillary reduction in particulate matter emissions. On 
May 5, 2017, the Court entered a First Modification of Consent Decree 
extending certain compliance deadlines in the Consent Decree.
    The parties have now agreed to further modify certain Consent 
Decree deadlines. The modification resolves 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 further 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 and the 
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality v. Cabot Corporation, 
Civil Case No. 13-3095 (W.D. La.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-10355. 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 modifications 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 modifications upon written 
request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your request and 
payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ-

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ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.
    Please enclose a check or money order for $3.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural.
[FR Doc. 2017-28105 Filed 12-28-17; 8:45 am]
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