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sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the 

Commission’s rules. The Commission’s 

rules do not authorize filing of 

submissions with the Secretary by 

facsimile or electronic means, except to 

the extent permitted by section 201.8 of 

the Commission’s rules, as amended, 67 

FR 68036 (November 8, 2002). Even 

where electronic filing of a document is 

permitted, certain documents must also 

be filed in paper form, as specified in II 

(C) of the Commission’s Handbook on 

Electronic Filing Procedures, 67 FR 

68168, 68173 (November 8, 2002). 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to section 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules, 

each document filed by a party to the 

investigations must be served on all 

other parties to the investigations (as 

identified by either the public or BPI 

service list), and a certificate of service 

must be timely filed. The Secretary will 

not accept a document for filing without 

a certificate of service. 

Authority: These investigations are being 

conducted under authority of title VII of the 

Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published 

pursuant to section 207.21 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Issued: September 30, 2008. 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E8–23457 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Air Act 

Pursuant to 28 CFR 50.7, notice is 

hereby given that, on September 30, 

2008, a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. Merit Energy Company, 

LLC and Shell Exploration & Production 

Co., Civil Action No. 1:08-cv-917 (W.D. 

Mich.) was lodged with the United 

States District Court for the Western 

District of Michigan. The Consent 

Decree addresses alleged violations of 

the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671q, and its implementing regulations 

at a natural gas processing facility that 

is located approximately eight miles 

northeast of Manistee, Michigan. Shell 

Exploration & Production Co. (‘‘Shell’’) 

constructed the facility in the late 1970s 

and Shell owned and operated the 

facility until it sold it to Merit Energy 

Company, LLC (‘‘Merit’’) in December 

2003. The facility includes a natural gas 

sweetening unit that is used to separate 

sulfur-containing compounds from 

natural gas extracted from nearby 

production wells. The facility also has 

two Claus sulfur recovery units that 

recover elemental sulfur from the 

concentrated sulfur-containing gases 

generated by the sweetening unit. 

The proposed Consent Decree would 

resolve the claims alleged in the 

Complaint in exchange for the 

Defendants’ commitment to implement 

appropriate injunctive relief, pay a 

$500,000 civil penalty, and perform a $1 

million Supplemental Environmental 

Project. Among other things, the 

injunctive relief provisions of the 

Decree would require Merit to eliminate 

all routine emission of sulfur dioxide 

from the facility by September 1, 2009, 

either by shutting the facility down or 

by installing and operating a separatelypermitted acid gas injection control 

system. The Decree also would impose 

strict limits on emissions from the 

facility in non-routine situations, such 

as during any control equipment 

malfunction. Shell and Merit are jointly 

liable for payment of the $500,000 civil 

penalty under the Decree. Finally, the 

Decree would require Merit to perform 

a Supplemental Environmental Project, 

at a cost of at least $1 million, that 

would involve reducing air pollutant 

emissions from gas-fired compressors at 

several other gas handing facilities near 

the Manistee natural gas processing 

facility. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

comments relating to the Consent 

Decree for a period of thirty (30) days 

from the date of this publication. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and mailed either 

electronically to pubcommentees.enrd@usdoj.gov or in hard copy to 

P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 

Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611. 

Comments should refer to United States 

v. Merit Energy Company, LLC and Shell 

Exploration & Production Co., Civil 

Action No. 1:08-cv-917 (W.D. Mich.) 

and D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–09003. 

The Consent Decree may be examined 

at: (1) The offices of the United States 

Attorney, 330 Ionia Avenue, NW., Suite 

501, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and (2) 

the offices of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West 

Jackson Boulevard, 14th Floor, Chicago, 

Illinois. During the public comment 

period, the Consent Decree may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Consent Decree may also be obtained by 

mail from the Department of Justice 

Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, 

Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by 

faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $14.50 (58 pages at 25 

cents per page reproduction cost) 

payable to the U.S. Treasury. 

Maureen M. Katz, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–23423 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OJP (OJJDP) Docket No. 1490] 

Meeting of the Federal Advisory 

Committee on Juvenile Justice 

AGENCY: Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention, Office of 

Justice Programs, Justice. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Juvenile Justice 

and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is 

announcing the fall meeting of the 

Federal Advisory Committee on 

Juvenile Justice (FACJJ), which will be 

held in San Diego, CA October 19–21, 

2008. 

Dates and Locations: The meeting 

will be held at the Courtyard Marriot 

San Diego-Old Town, 2345 Jefferson 

Street, San Diego, CA 92110 at the 

following times: Sunday, October 19, 

2008, 4 to 5:15 p.m,; Monday, October 

20, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 

1:45 to 5:30 p.m; and Tuesday, October 

20, 2008; 8 to 11 a.m.. The meeting is 

open to the public. On Sunday, October 

19th, there will be a meeting of the 

FACJJ steering sub-committee from 5:30 

to 8 p.m. that will be open to the public. 

However, the FACJJ sub-committee and 

work group meetings scheduled for 

Sunday, October 19, 2008 from 3 to 

4 p.m. and on Monday, October 20, 

2008 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m are 

closed to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robin Delany-Shabazz, Designated 

Federal Official, OJJDP, Robin.DelanyShabazz@usdoj.gov, or 202–307–9963. 

[Note: This is not a toll-free number.] 


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