[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33965-33966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15087]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On July 11, 2019, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
Consent Decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of Illinois in the lawsuit entitled United States v. Clean 
Harbors Recycling Services of Chicago, LLC, et al., Civil Action No. 
19-cv-4657.
    The United States filed a Complaint in this lawsuit seeking civil 
penalties and injunctive relief from Defendants Clean Harbors Recycling 
Services of Chicago, LLC, and Clean Harbors Recycling Services of Ohio, 
LLC (collectively ``Clean Harbors'') for alleged violations of the 
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q, at Clean Harbors' spent industrial 
solvent treatment, storage, and disposal facilities in Chicago, 
Illinois, and Hebron, Ohio (the ``Facilities''). The Complaint alleges 
that Clean Harbors has violated statutory and regulatory requirements 
applicable to solvent storage tanks at the Facilities arising under the 
Clean Air Act and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (``NESHAP'') regulations promulgated by the U.S.

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Environmental Protection Agency, including the NESHAP general 
provisions (codified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A) and the NESHAP for 
Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations (codified at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart DD).
    When the Complaint was filed, the United States also lodged a 
proposed Consent Decree that would settle the claims asserted in the 
Complaint. Among other things, the proposed Consent Decree would 
require Clean Harbors to implement appropriate injunctive relief to 
control air pollutant emissions from storage tanks at the Facilities, 
undertake additional mitigation measures to help offset unauthorized 
past air pollutant emissions, and pay a total of $405,000 in civil 
penalties to the United States.
    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 v. Clean Harbors Recycling Services 
of Chicago, LLC, et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-11990. 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 $18.75 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Randall M. Stone,
Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-15087 Filed 7-15-19; 8:45 am]
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