81 FR 20423 - Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification of Consent Decree Under the Clean Air Act

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 67 (April 7, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20423-20424]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07912]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On March 30, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
stipulation to modify a Consent Decree with the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in the lawsuit entitled 
United States v. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Civil Case No. 
13-C-10 (E.D. Wis.).
    The original Consent Decree resolved alleged violations of the New 
Source Review and Title V provisions of the Clean Air Act (``Act''), 42 
U.S.C. 7470-92 and 7661a-7661f, at two coal-fired power plants owned 
and operated by Wisconsin Public Service Corp (``Defendant''): the 
Weston plant located in Marathon County, Wisconsin, and the Pulliam 
plant located in Brown County, Wisconsin. The proposed modifications 
would: (1) Facilitate the Defendant's decision to convert a unit at the 
Weston plant from burning coal to natural gas, thereby reducing 
particulate matter (``PM'') emissions such that the operation of 
certain PM controls at that unit is no longer necessary to achieve the 
PM reductions secured by the Decree; (2) replace a hydroelectric 
environmental mitigation project that was deemed unworkable with a new 
land acquisition and restoration project and an expansion of an 
existing wood stove replacement program; and (3) revise and update 
certain administrative notice and certification requirements.
    The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on 
the proposed modifications to the Consent Decree. Comments should be 
addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. Wisconsin 
Public Service Corporation, Civil Case No. 13-C-10

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(E.D. Wis.), D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-1230/1. 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 stipulation to 
modify the Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this 
Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of the proposed stipulation 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 $6.75 (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. 2016-07912 Filed 4-6-16; 8:45 am]
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