[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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