[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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