[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49614-49615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17236]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On August 5, 2022, the United States' Department of Justice filed a 
Complaint

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and lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Indiana in United States and the 
State of Indiana v. Metalworking Lubricants Company, Civil Case No. 22-
1560 (S.D. Ind.).
    The proposed Consent Decree resolves several Clean Air Act and 
State law claims against Metalworking Lubricants Company (MLC), for 
alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and MLC's Federally Enforceable 
State Operating Permit, including for emitting more than 24 tons per 
year of organic hazardous air pollutants from MLC's used oil processing 
facility located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Under the settlement, MLC 
will install, maintain, operate, and continuously monitor a Carbon 
Adsorption System to control organic emissions from its oil and 
wastewater processing tanks. MLC also will install new tanks, oil-water 
separators, piping and/or ductwork, and make repairs to the existing 
tanks, oil-water separators, piping and/or ductwork to ensure that all 
existing, new, and replacement oil processing tanks and oil-water 
separators are covered by fixed roofs and vented directly through a 
closed-vent system to significantly reduce emissions. In addition, MLC 
will pay a civil penalty of $310,000, split equally between the United 
States and the State of Indiana.
    The publication of this notice opens a 30-day 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 and State of Indiana v. 
Metalworking Lubricants Company, DJ# 90-5-2-1-11985, Civil Case No. 22-
1560 (S.D. Ind.). All comments must be submitted no later than 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 enclose a check or 
money order for $19.75 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the 
United States Treasury to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ--ENRD, P.O. 
Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-7611.

Patricia A. McKenna,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-17236 Filed 8-10-22; 8:45 am]
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