[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45364-45365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16213]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On July 25, 2022, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
amendment to the consent decree entered in the matter of United States 
v. Equistar Chemicals, LP; LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC; and Lyondell 
Chemical Co., Civil Action No. 4:21-cv-3359 in the United States 
District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
    The United States filed this lawsuit under the Clean Air Act. The 
complaint sought injunctive relief and civil penalties based on 
violations of the Clean Air Act's New Source Review requirements, New 
Source Performance Standards, National Emissions Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants, ``Title V'' program requirements and 
operating permits, and related Texas and Iowa state implementation plan 
requirements. The violations resolved by the proposed consent decree 
amendment involve two flares used at a petrochemical manufacturing 
plant owned and operated by the defendants, Lyondell Chemical Co. and 
Equistar Chemicals, LP, in Morris, Illinois (the ``Morris Plant''). The 
consent decree amendment requires the defendants to perform injunctive 
relief at the Morris Plant and pay a $324,000 civil penalty.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed consent decree amendment. Comments should be addressed to 
the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources 
Division, and should refer to United States v. Equistar Chemicals, LP; 
LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC; and Lyondell Chemical Co., D.J. Ref. No. 
90-5-2-1-11416/2. 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 
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 proposed consent

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decree 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 $8.00 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper 
copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $3.50.

Patricia McKenna,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-16213 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]
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