[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 1790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01021]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On January 29, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the District 
of Massachusetts in the lawsuit entitled United States v. wTe 
Recycling, Inc., Civil Action Number 3:19-cv-30016. The proposed 
consent decree resolves the claims set forth in the Complaint filed in 
this matter asserted by the United States against Defendant wTe 
Recycling, Inc. (``wTe''), pursuant to the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7401-7671q, with respect to wTe's metals recycling facility located at 
75 Southern Avenue in Greenfield, Massachusetts (``Facility''). The 
claims alleged in the complaint pertain to a change in operations at 
the Facility in 1991 that caused continuing excess emissions of 
volatile organic compounds above applicable emissions thresholds and 
wTe's failure to implement appropriate control technology and obtain 
required regulatory approvals, as well as violations relating to the 
operation of the recycling engines at the Facility. The proposed 
consent decree would require wTe to pay a civil penalty of $277,000 as 
well as to begin a scheduled phase-out of its acceptance of the 
materials causing the excess emissions culminating in total cessation 
by mid-2021 and to mitigate the excess emissions by purchasing and 
retiring discrete emission reduction credits.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed consent decree and proposed settlement agreement. Comments 
should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. wTe 
Recycling, Inc., Civil Action Number 3:19-cv-30016, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-
2-1-11810. 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 and 
proposed settlement agreement may be examined and downloaded at this 
Justice Department website: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of these documents 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 $7.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Robert Maher,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-01021 Filed 2-4-19; 8:45 am]
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