[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 139 (Friday, July 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47188-47189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15513]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On July 13, 2023, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
consent decree with the United States District Court for the Northern 
District of New York in United States v. Upstate Shredding, LLC, and 
Weitsman Shredding, LLC, 3:23-cv-847 (N.D.N.Y).
    The United States filed a complaint against Upstate Shredding, LLC 
and Weitsman Shredding, LLC (``Upstate'') under section 113(a)(1) of 
the Clean Air

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Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(a)(1), and the New York state implementation plan. 
In the complaint, the United States seeks injunctive relief and civil 
penalties arising from alleged excess emissions of volatile organic 
compounds at the defendants' metal shredding facility in Owego, NY. The 
proposed consent decree requires the defendants to pay a civil penalty 
of $400,000, plus interest accruing from the date of entry to the 
payment date; and to install pollution control technology to limit 
future emissions of volatile organic compounds.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Upstate Shredding, LLC, and Weitsman 
Shredding, LLC, D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-12564. 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 email request to [email protected].

Henry S. Friedman,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-15513 Filed 7-20-23; 8:45 am]
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