[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39463-39464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17023]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On August 3, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Middle 
District of Florida in the lawsuit entitled United States, State of 
Indiana, and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality v. Anchor 
Glass Container Corporations, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:18-cv-943-J-
39MCR.
    In this action, the United States, the State of Indiana, and the 
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality filed a complaint pursuant 
to Section 113(b) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7413, and 
relevant corollary and implementing state regulations and programs, 
seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties for alleged violations of 
these laws at Anchor Glass Container Corporations, Inc.'s glass 
manufacturing facilities. Anchor's facilities are located in 
Jacksonville, Florida; Warner Robins, Georgia; Elmira, New York; 
Lawrenceburg, Indiana; Shakopee, Minnesota; and Henryetta, Oklahoma.
    The proposed settlement requires Anchor to implement pollution 
controls to reduce its nitrogen oxide (NOX emissions at nine 
of its eleven furnaces (two furnaces already have pollution controls 
installed), and the company will meet more stringent NOX 
emissions limits at all of its furnaces. Anchor will also implement 
pollution controls and take other actions to reduce sulfur dioxide 
(SO2 and particulate matter (PM) emissions. The settlement 
also requires Anchor to install and operate continuous emissions 
monitors for NOX and SO2 at all eleven of its 
glass furnaces and to install continuous opacity monitors required by 
the Clean Air Act. Additionally, Anchor will complete two mitigation 
projects, a woodburning appliance change-out project and a project to 
repower, retrofit, or replace vehicle diesel engines, further reducing 
NOX, SO2, and PM emissions. Also as part of the 
settlement, Anchor will pay a $1.1 million civil penalty ($550,000 to 
the United States and $275,000 each to the States of Indiana and 
Oklahoma).
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the 
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division 
and should refer to United States, State of Indiana, and the Oklahoma 
Department of Environmental Quality v. Anchor Glass Container 
Corporations, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:18-cv-943-J-39MCR, D.J. Ref. No. 
90-5-2-1-10406. 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 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 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 $26.75 (25 cents per page

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reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-17023 Filed 8-8-18; 8:45 am]
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