[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 42697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18172]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On August 15, 2018, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
First Amendment of Consent Decree (``First Amendment'') 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. 
3:17-cv-302.
    This case involves claims for alleged violations of the Prevention 
of Significant Deterioration program of the Clean Air Act and related 
state law requirements against the Nevada Cement Company at its 
Fernley, Nevada, Portland cement facility. The original Consent Decree 
resolving the dispute included injunctive relief for installation of 
control technology to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides 
(NOX), civil penalties, and mitigation of past excess 
NOX emissions. The proposed First Amendment, if approved by 
the Court, would change the requirements in the original Consent Decree 
from Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction control technology to Selective 
Catalytic Reduction control technology for NOx emissions, and would 
require greater reductions in NOX, yielding a net 
NOX emission reduction over the life of the Consent Decree 
as compared to the original Consent Decree.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the First Amendment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Nevada Cement, 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 First Amendment 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 First Amendment 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 $3.25 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Henry Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-18172 Filed 8-22-18; 8:45 am]
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