Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 28, 2023 / Notices 83151 

If additional information is required 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, 

Washington, DC. 

Dated: November 21, 2023. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26105 Filed 11–27–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Water 

Act 

On November 20, 2023, the 

Department of Justice lodged a proposed 

Consent Decree (‘‘Decree’’) with the 

United States District Court for the 

Western District of Washington in the 

lawsuit entitled United States v. 

Electron Hydro, LLC, and Thom A. 

Fischer, Civil Action No. 2:20–CV– 

1746–JCC. 

The proposed Decree will resolve 

alleged violations of the Clean Water 

Act arising from Electron Hydro, LLC’s, 

and Thom A. Fischer’s (‘‘Defendants’’) 

construction activity at a hydroelectric 

facility on the Puyallup River in Pierce 

County, Washington, including illegal 

discharges into waters of the United 

States and violations of U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers and State of 

Washington permits. Under the terms of 

the Decree, Defendants will pay a civil 

penalty of $1.025 million, conduct 

surveys of stretches of the Puyallup 

River to recover discharged materials, 

implement best management practices 

at their construction site, hire a separate 

firm to review upcoming permit 

application materials, and place a 72- 

acre parcel of Electron’s land into 

conservation in perpetuity. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a period for public comment on the 

Decree. Comments should be addressed 

to the Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and should refer to United 

States v. Electron Hydro et al., D.J. Ref. 

No. 90–5–1–1–12395. All comments 

must be submitted no later than fortyfive (45) days after the publication date 

of this notice. Comments may be 

submitted either by email or by mail: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

During the public comment period, 

the 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 Decree 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 $18.25 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Kathryn C. Macdonald, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26150 Filed 11–27–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Clean Air 

Act 

On November 21, 2023, the 

Department of Justice, along with the 

Office of the Attorney General of the 

State of Indiana, lodged a proposed 

Consent Decree with the United States 

District Court for the Southern District 

of Indiana in the lawsuit entitled United 

States et al. v. Ingredion Inc., Case No. 

23–2111. 

The proposed Consent Decree settles 

claims brought under the Clean Air Act 

by the United States and the State of 

Indiana, as well as claims brought under 

state law by the State of Indiana, against 

Ingredion Incorporated (‘‘Ingredion’’) for 

violating emissions limits and operation 

and monitoring requirements of 

Ingredion’s air permits (‘‘Title V 

Permits’’) for its wet corn mill facility in 

Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Under the proposed Consent Decree, 

Ingredion will pay a civil penalty of 

$1,139,600. The settlement requires 

Ingredion to install and operate new 

equipment to meet PM limits that are 

lower than the plant’s current permitted 

limits. The company completed 

installation and testing of the new 

system in advance of this notice. The 

settlement also requires Ingredion to 

implement a modernized compliance 

management system to address repeated 

operation and monitoring failures at the 

facility, and hire an independent 

auditor to verify the effectiveness of the 

system. Ingredion also committed to 

mitigating the harm associated with past 

excess PM emissions by paving onsite 

unpaved and partially paved roads and 

parking areas to reduce PM emissions 

generated by vehicle traffic, which 

Ingredion completed in advance of this 

notice. The company will also replace 

aging railway locomotives at the facility 

with two modern locomotives that meet 

emissions standards. As a state 

supplemental environmental project, 

the settlement requires Ingredion to 

contribute $560,400 to the State of 

Indiana to support Brownfields 

redevelopment in and around Marion 

County, Indiana. 

The publication of this notice opens 

a 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 et al. v. Ingredion 

Inc., 90–5–2–1–12360. 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: 

To submit 

comments: Send them to: 

By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@

usdoj.gov. 

By mail ......... Assistant Attorney General, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. 

Box 7611, Washington, DC 

20044–7611. 

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 

payment to: Consent Decree Library, 

U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

For a copy of the Consent Decree, 

please enclose a check or money order 

for $13 (52 pages at 25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the United 

States Treasury. 

Patricia McKenna, 

Assistant Section Chief, Environmental 

Enforcement Section, Environment and 

Natural Resources Division. 

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