[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1882-1883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00210]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


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

    On January 2, 2013, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed 
first amendment to a consent decree with the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Texas in the lawsuit entitled United 
States v. Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas, et al., Civil Action No. 
09-00061.
    Under the original 2010 consent decree, Formosa Plastics 
Corporation, Texas, Formosa Hydrocarbons, Inc. (collectively ``FPC 
TX''), and Formosa Plastics Corporation, Louisiana (collectively 
``Defendants'') agreed to undertake numerous measures to come

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into compliance with various environmental statutes and regulations at 
their facilities in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 
The Defendants still are in the process of complying with the 2010 
Decree. However, at the Point Comfort Facility, FPX TX violated certain 
leak detection and repair (``LDAR'') provisions of the Decree (which 
are based on regulations promulgated under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 
7401, et seq.), and the United States and FPC TX agreed to a proposed 
first amendment to the Consent Decree. Under the proposed first 
amendment, FPC TX will undertake a comprehensive review of equipment 
such as valves, pumps, and compressors at the Point Comfort facility to 
determine the applicability of certain LDAR requirements and will pay a 
stipulated penalty of $1,447,925.
    The publication of this notice opens a period of public comment on 
the first amendment. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and 
should refer to United States v. Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas, 
et al., D.J. Ref. No. 90-5-2-1-08995. 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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By e-mail.........................  <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9aeaeff8f9f5f7f7fff4eeb7ffffe9b4fff4e8fedaefe9fef5f0b4fdf5ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7707021514181a1a1219035a121204591219051337020413181d59101801">[email protected]</span></a>
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 first amendment may be 
examined and downloaded at this Department of Justice Web site: http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. We will provide a paper copy 
of the first 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 in the amount of $ 8.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.

Maureen Katz,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment 
and Natural Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-00210 Filed 1-8-13; 8:45 am]
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